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KEMRI to start Covid vaccine trials ‘within a few weeks’

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Nation | by Maureen Ongala

Forty Kenyans will participate in the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Covid-19 vaccine trials which will start in a few weeks.

KEMRI Director-General Prof Kombe Yeri said the institution is still acquiring requisite ethical and regulatory approvals before it begins the trials on ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine.

“We were conducting several preparations ahead of the trials. First, it was important for us to get all valid licences from relevant authorities…

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