Doctor Concerned About Canadian Human Trials of Virus Vaccine Developed in Partnership With Chinese Military

A child receives a vaccination shot at a hospital in Rongan in China's southern Guangxi region on July 23, 2018. That year, a scandal rocked China after a Chinese company was found to have shipped more than 250,000 doses of a faulty DTaP vaccine, affecting more than 200,000 children. AFP via Getty Images

A medical doctor is expressing concern about Canadians receiving an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed with the help of the Chinese military.

Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) announced a collaboration initiative with the Chinese company CanSino Biologics Inc. on the clinical development of the company’s new AD5-nCoV vaccine, Ad5-nCoV. CanSino developed the vaccine in partnership with China’s military.