UCT participating in three international Covid-19 vaccine trials

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UCT participating in three international Covid-19 vaccine trials | Health24com

SA has been consolidating its place in the race towards a Covid-19 vaccine, with its involvement in three international clinical trials.The University of Cape Town and other SA universities are participating in the process

Bekker is also the national principal investigator of the Johnson & Johnson trial alongside Professor Glenda Gray, president and chief executive of the South African Medical Research Council and the protocol chairperson of this trial. The trial is being executed in association with the UCT Lung Institute under the guidance of Professor Keertan Dheda, the head of the Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity at the UCT Lung Institute.

 

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