First SARS vaccine tested
By Xiao Xin (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-05-25 22:15
Results from the initial clinical tests of the world's first SARS vaccine will be published Wednesday.
Four volunteers injected with the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) vaccine on Saturday are in good condition, said Lin Jiangtao, head of the Respiratory Medical Department at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, during an interview with the Beijing News.
The volunteers are three healthy male and a female students from Beijing-based universities.
After two hours of observation after the inoculation, they left hospital.
The volunteers took blood tests and were observed for reaction daily during first three days. The whole observation process will last 210 days
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