Google suggests they hadn't started, or were only just getting permission to start their phase 3 trials by the time of that article. Either way. It's a matter

Google suggests they hadn't started, or were only just getting permission to start their phase 3 trials by the time of that article. Either way. It's a matter of semantics to say the sinovac vaccine had results first if it doesn't say anything about efficacy. What is being discussed is efficacy results.