Bahrain embarks on phase-3 of COVID-19 vaccine; seeks 6000 volunteers

  • Date: 12-Aug-2020
  • Source: 24×7 News
  • Sector:Industrial
  • Country:Bahrain
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Bahrain embarks on phase-3 of COVID-19 vaccine; seeks 6000 volunteers

Manama: Mahmood Rafique, Editor: The Kingdom of Bahrain has reported encouraging results of the COVID-19 vaccine trails of phase-3 which started on August 11, 2020.

Dr Waleed Al Manea, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, and members of the National Task Force on COVID-19 addressing the Press conference on Wednesday said that the Kingdom was seeking 6000 volunteers to conduct clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine developed by China in cooperation with Abu Dhabi based G42 Healthcare.

In the UAE, the clinical trials of the inactivated Covid-19 vaccine from Sinopharm were being conducted by G42 Healthcare, an artificial intelligence