China could have a coronavirus vaccine available in October, and the Philippines and Brazil would be the first two countries to get doses, a Chinese expert said on Thursday.

The announcement was made as China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said that an inactivated Covid-19 vaccine production workshop of its affiliate, Beijing Institute of Biological Products, the first and largest of its kind in the world, has passed national examination.

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