President Rodrigo Duterte says the Department of Science and Technology has been in ‘exploratory talks’ with six Chinese and Taiwanese organizations and research groups for possible clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine
The Department of Science and Technology has been in talks with six Chinese and Taiwanese organizations and research groups for possible clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine, President Rodrigo Duterte revealed in his eight weekly report to Congress on his administration’s efforts against the disease.
The vaccine being developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sinopharm and the Wuhan Institute of Virology has entered the second phase of clinical trials, with 96 people being given the experimental vaccine, according toThe DOST said in March that it is eyeing to launch clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine in the country, with four foreign partners being contacted for the testing of the potential vaccine.
By comparison, researchers took about 20 months to start human tests for the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome vaccine, CNN reported.
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