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Egypt has announced the beginning of two Chinese COVID-19 vaccines trials on 15,000 volunteers, according to The Ministry of Health and Population.
The tests will last for 60 days while the follow-up will continue for 12 months.
The volunteers who are all aged above 18 will be injected with two doses. There are 135 vaccines worldwide are being clinically tested, and that only seven – including the two being tested in Egypt – entered the third stage, according to local press.
Seven thousand of the volunteers will be subject to tests at VACSERA. The two vaccines being tested in Egypt are Chinese.
It is noted that the total number of infections in Egypt has surpassed 100,000.
