Bahrain, Jordan open walk-in Covid-19 vaccine trials

Bahrain, Jordan open walk-in Covid-19 vaccine trials

Bahrain and Jordan have become the latest Middle East nations to open walk-in Coronavirus vaccine clinics amid phase three trials of a new treatment for the disease.

Thousands of volunteers can now take part in the 4Humanity campaign by attending centres in the two countries, adding to existing facilities in Sharjah and UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

As part of the trial, patients are screened for Covid-19 then given a shot of an inactive vaccine - the final step before the treatment is approved for use among the public.

Bahrain's Ministry of Health emphasised that the inactivated vaccine does not cause infection, but triggers an immune response producing antibodies that fight the virus. The effectiveness of the produced antibodies will be assessed as a measure of the success of the vaccine.

The phase III clinical