Coronavirus vaccine trial begins in South Africa
OJblogg 06/24/2020
Clinical trial for possible coronavirus vaccine begins in South Africa, as many volunteers indicated u interest and they were given the experimental injection on Wednesday, Associated report disclosed
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The mass trial of the possible vaccine is currently being conducted in South Africa, Britain and also Brazil.
South Africa has confirmed the highest cases of coronavirus pandemic in the African Continent with more than 106,000, with more than 2,100 deaths. The country reported its biggest one-day death toll so far on Tuesday, with 111 new fatalities recorded.
According to Junior Mhlongo in Johannesburg, he said;
“I feel a little bit scared but I want to know what is going on with this vaccine so that I can tell my friends and others what is going on with the study,” one of the vaccine trial volunteers."
Since coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese City of Wuhan in Dec 2019, more than 9 million people have been affected, with close to 500,000 people have succumbed to deadly virus worldwide.