China is already injecting citizens with a coronavirus vaccine even when it is still under development with phase-3 trials underway in United Arab Emirates (UAE). China’s vaccine has been developed by state-owned Sinopharm whose clinical trials are still underway but is being administered to people ever since July 22, as revealed by a Chinese health official on state television. The official said that people were being vaccinated since July 22 under emergency use authorisation. According to a report in the Washington Post, China’s coronavirus vaccine development head Zheng Zongwei on state television said that some medical workers, government officials were administered vaccine since July 22. The official added that the vaccine will be given to more people in the coming days.

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