On April 12, the second phase of the clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine was kicked off in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. It is the world’s first vaccine candidate for the novel coronavirus entering Phase II of a human clinical trial, according to the World Health Organization. This means we are one more step closer to what is believed to be the final solution for the pandemic, given that no specific medicine has been found to treat the disease.
The vaccine was developed by a team led by senior bioengineer Major General Chen Wei. Aged 54, Chen has rich experience in combating infectious diseases gained from her involvement in multiple disasters, in both China and Africa.
When China was hit by SARS in 2003, she was given the responsibility to develop a vaccine. After over 50 days of hard work in the laboratory, her team developed a spray that proved effective. Of about 14,000 medical practitioners that used the spray across China, none was infected by SARS.
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