Covid-19: Kenya joins Oxford University vaccine trial

[Image source: Reuters | Dado Ruvic]

Nation | by Eunice Murathe

Kenya has joined global efforts to search for an effective vaccine for Covid-19 with the start of a trial evaluating vaccine candidate ChAdOx1 nCoV-19.

A trial team from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) will carry out the experiment at the Kemri Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi County, a longstanding collaboration by Kemri, Oxford University and the Wellcome Trust in the UK.

On Friday, Kemri said it has vaccinated its first volunteers after receiving necessary regulatory and ethical approvals…

Read more…

[Image source: Reuters/ Dado Ruvic]

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here