342 Egyptians meet criteria for Chinese coronavirus vaccine trials: Health ministry

342 Egyptians meet criteria for Chinese coronavirus vaccine trials: Health ministry

Egypt's health ministry has announced on Sunday that 332 Egyptians out of 642 applicants have met the criteria required for taking part in two Chinese coronavirus vaccine clinical trials.

Assistant Minister and coordinator of the ministry's scientific committee Ehab Kamal told Sada El-Balad TV that the 332 volunteers met the required criteria of not suffering from chronic diseases. 

Kamal revealed that the volunteers are monitored daily by phone for 21 days after taking the first dose, allowed a second dose after if no side effects emerge.

Volunteers' antibodies will be measured for a year, he said, adding that the first two stages of the clinical trials have concluded, and the third phase has already begun. 

Kamal's statements come nearly a week after Health Minister Hala Zayed said that