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World's first coronavirus vaccine you can inhale approved in China

China's National Medical Products Administration approved CanSino's Ad5-nCoV for emergency use as a booster vaccine

New testing booths ready to be deployed on the side of a road in Beijing. The holes have gloves inside them and prevent the tester from coming into contact with potentially infected people. (Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Kanoko Matsuyama | Bloomberg
China became the first country to approve a needle-free, inhaled version of a Covid-19 vaccine made by Tianjin-based CanSino Biologics Inc., pushing the company’s shares up as much as 14.5% Monday morning in Hong Kong. 
 
China’s National Medical Products Administration approved CanSino’s Ad5-nCoV for emergency use as a booster vaccine, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sunday.  

The vaccine is a new version of CanSino’s one-shot Covid drug, the first in the world to undergo human testing in March 2020 and which has been used in China, Mexico, Pakistan, Malaysia and Hungary after