Antena3 is reporting this morning the overnight news that Chinese top military bio-warfare experts have developed a vaccine for Covid-19 and have been given permission to start clinical tests on humans.
Chen Wei, the lead researcher, announced last night that Beijing has granted permission to start the tests.
'Vaccine is the strongest scientific weapon to end the coronavirus,' the bio-warfare expert told state broadcaster CCTV.
Should it turn out to effective and safe then preparations have already been made to start large scale production.
Chen, also a leading specialist in genetic engineering vaccines in China, developed a medical spray during the SARS outbreak in 2003. The product prevented around 14,000 medical workers from contracting the virus, said a state-media report.
She is also known in the country as the 'terminator of Ebola' for leading a team to create a vaccine against that fatal illness.
