 "The government is now trying to understand how long it will take before the drug’s production can start in India")
Chinese vaccine-maker Sinovac Biotech has announced "positive preliminary" results of phase I and II clinical trials for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, CoronaVac, saying it can induce a positive immune response.
The phase I/II clinical trials was designed as randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled studies.
In total, 743 healthy volunteers, aged from 18 to 59 years old, enrolled in the trials.
Of those, 143 volunteers are in phase I and 600 volunteers are in phase II, the Beijing-based company said in a statement.
The vaccine induced neutralising antibodies in above 90 per cent of people who were tested 14 days after receiving
