The head of China's CDC says he got injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine to show that people shouldn't fear it

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• The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Sunday that he had taken a shot of a trial coronavirus vaccine.
• Gao Fu did not say which vaccine he was inoculated with, but said he did it to demonstrate that people need not fear vaccines.
• "As a scientist, you've got to be brave ... If even we didn't do it, how can we persuade the whole world — all the people, the public — to be vaccinated?" he said, according to The Associated Press.
• A handful of vaccines are now in the the final stage of clinical trials around the world, after which they can be approved for use.
• Trial vaccines from Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer are leading the charge and well into the final stages of human trials. 
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The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says he has been injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine.

"I'm going to reveal something undercover. I am injected with one of the vaccines," Gao Fu said Sunday during a webinar hosted by Alibaba Health, according to The Associated Press (AP).

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