Covid-19: China tests vaccines on animals


Laboratory technician working on samples from people to be tested for the new coronavirus at "Fire Eye" laboratory in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. China is now also testing some vaccines against the coronavirus on animals, Zhang Xinmin, an official with the science and technology ministry, said at a press conference on Saturday (Feb 14_. - AFP

BEIJING: China is entering the "most critical time” in its fight to contain the spreading Covid-19 (coronavirus), a government official said on Saturday (Feb 15), as deaths in the country exceeded 1,500.

There were 2,641 new confirmed infections, the National Health Commission said in a statement Saturday, bringing the total to almost 66,500.

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