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WITS SCIENTISTS have revealed that the university is set to launch the first clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday this week.
Wits University, in partnership with the University of Oxford and the Oxford Jenner Institute, said the first participants in South Africa’s first clinical trials for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus strain would be enrolled.
“This is a landmark moment for South Africa and Africa at this stage of the Covid-19 pandemic. As we enter winter in South Africa and pressure increases on public hospitals, now more than ever we need a vaccine to prevent infection by Covid-19,” said Shabir Madhi, Professor of Vaccinology at Wits University and Director of the South Africa Medical Research Council (SAMRC).
“We began screening participants for the South African Oxford 1 Covid-19 vaccine trial last week and the first participants will be vaccinated this week,” said Madhi, who
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