A nurse prepares a dose of CanSino s adenovirus-based viral vector vaccine at an inoculation site in Shanghai, May 18, 2021. - Xinhua
BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): Several cities across China have recently started offering residents a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine in addition to the two-dose inactivated vaccines that were already widely used in the country s vaccination drive.
At the temporary vaccination station in Shanghai s Xuhui district on Wednesday (May 19), a new CanSino sign was placed alongside the Sinovac and Sinopharm ones as vaccine providers of the day.
People waiting to be vaccinated at the station were given the choice of receiving the single-dose adenovirus-based viral vector vaccine Ad5-nCoV, whose trade name is Convidecia. That vaccine uses a modified adenovirus to induce neutralising antibodies against the novel coronavirus.
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but the institute worked with military leaders on a government-sponsored project for almost a decade.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) participated in a project, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) a regime-funded scientific research institution from 2012 to 2018.
The project was comprised of a team of five military and civil experts, who conducted research at WIV labs, military labs, and other civil labs leading to “the discovery of animal pathogens [biological agents that causes disease] in wild animals.”
The WIV is located in central China’s Wuhan City, the COVID-19 pandemic ground zero. As an advanced virology institution, the WIV has the only P4 lab the highest biosafety level lab in China
Evidence Reveals That Military Team Collaborated With Lab Where COVID-19 Pandemic Originated
The Chinese regime has said its controversial virology institute had no relationship with the military, but the institute worked with military leaders on a government-sponsored project for almost a decade.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) participated in a project, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) a regime-funded scientific research institution from 2012 to 2018. The project was comprised of a team of five military and civil experts, who conducted research at WIV labs, military labs, and other civil labs leading to “the discovery of animal pathogens [biological agents that causes disease] in wild animals.”