Thailand to start clinical trials on homemade Covid-19 vaccine; cases still high in Samut Sakhon on Saturday (Feb 20)


BANGKOK, Feb 20 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): The mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus developed by Chulalongkorn University of Thailand, is scheduled to enter the first stage of human trials soon, according to a university official.

Kiat Ruxrungtham, who is in charge of the University's vaccine development project, confirmed the mRNA vaccine ChulaCov19 will be put on trial with humans in late April or early May, following satisfactory results of earlier trials with rats and macaques.

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