Coronavirus vaccine STARTS ANIMAL TRIALS, 100 MICE INJECTED

Beijing: A candidate vaccine targeting the novel coronavirus has been tested on animals, according to a report on Monday on news portal yicai.com, citing sources with the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The MRNA vaccine was co-developed by the CDC, Shanghai-based Tongji University School of Medicine and Stermirna Therapeutics Co., Ltd.

The vaccine samples were injected into more than 100 mice on Sunday, the report said.