SARS vaccine comes through first round of tests

Chinese researchers have completed a first round of testing on an experimental SARS vaccine and declared it safe.

Mon, 06 Dec, 2004 - 07:38

Chinese researchers have completed a first round of testing on an experimental SARS vaccine and declared it safe.

The 36 volunteers in the study were injected with the vaccine 56 days ago and “did not report any abnormal physical reactions”, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing Wang Xiaofang, an official from the Ministry of Science and Technology.

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