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- Saudi Arabia to conduct 3rd phase of Trials of Corona Vaccine on 5000 Volunteers
Posted by : Aahil Shaik
Monday, August 10, 2020
Saudi Arabia, China to conduct 3rd phase of Trials of Corona Vaccine on 5000 Volunteers
Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia announced that it is going to trial the 3rd phase of anti-coronavirus vaccine in the kingdom. The trials will be conducted within the framework of a cooperation agreement between Saudi Arabia and China, including the implementation of clinical trials. Trending : Saudi Traffic department clarifies the regulations of accompanying children in vehicles
In Saudi Arabia, the ministry has targeted 5000 healthy volunteers, who are above 18 years for study in the Kingdom on Corona virus vaccine third phase trial.
- An action plan is being set up for implementing the 3rd phase in coordination with the Chinese firm CanSino, which has already conducted the first and second phase of trials in China on the developed vaccine. Read : Saudi Arabia sent 4th plane with Aid for Beirut port explosion victims
- The ministry said that the 3rd phase will consist of multi-center clinical studies in various countries and on large scale of people, after its effectiveness and safety only the vaccine for Covid-19 has been confirmed after the 1st and 2nd phase of trials.