The Chinese government has approved the use of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine for the country's military.
that its military has remained unaffected by the pandemic, with officials claiming that the People's Liberation Army , has not recorded a single coronavirus case.
Neither the Chinese government nor CanSino have said how broadly the vaccine will be distributed, which units were be selected or whether it will be mandatory or voluntary for personnel.According to a CanSino statement, clinical trials of the new vaccine have shown a "good safety profile" with initial results indicating that Ad5-nCoV had potential to prevent diseases caused by SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus strain that causes Covid-19.of the Ad5-nCoV vaccine.
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