Novel coronavirus vaccine starts animal trials


People wearing protective face masks arriving at a railway station in Shanghai on Monday (Feb 10) due to the coronavirus epidemic. A candidate vaccine targeting the novel coronavirus has been tested on animals, according to a report on Monday (Feb 10) on news portal yicai.com, citing sources with the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). - AFP

BEIJING: A candidate vaccine targeting the novel coronavirus has been tested on animals, according to a report on Monday (Feb 10) on news portal yicai.com, citing sources with the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The mRNA vaccine was co-developed by the CDC, Shanghai-based Tongji University School of Medicine and Stermirna Therapeutics Co Ltd.

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