South African to Kickoff Clinical Trials of Coronavirus Vaccine on Wednesday
Clinical trials of a United Kingdom (UK) manufactured COVID-19 vaccine is set to take place in South Africa on Wednesday as the country tackles the spread of the dreaded disease.
SABC News reports that the University of Oxford manufactured vaccine would be tried among about 2,000 people aged 18-35 in South Africa. Half of the participants would be given the drug while the rest will be given a placebo.
It will commence with a set of HIV negative individuals who will be given two doses of the vaccine over four weeks duration.
Personnel from the Medical Research Council and Wits University would on Wednesday, administer the drug on a set 50 people.
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