China is expending great efforts in the global scramble to develop a vaccine for the new coronavirus epidemic that began in its central city of Wuhan.
Chinese researchers are conducting five separate clinical trials on humans, or half of all such trials globally, according to the data compiled by the World Health Organization.
“The rigour of vaccine development has been compared by some scientists to a dance involving precise steps and rehearsals,” Wang said. In the white paper, the Chinese government said the medical cost of all the coronavirus patients in China totalled $191 million as of the end of May.
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