Egypt begins tests of 2 COVID-19 vaccines on 15K volunteers

CAIRO – 12 September 2020: The Ministry of Health and Population announced Saturday the beginning of tests of two COVID-19 vaccines on 15,000 volunteers. The tests will last for 60 days while the follow-up will continue for 12 months.

The volunteers who are all aged above 18 will be injected with two doses. Sources at the ministry told Al Watan newspaper that 135 vaccines worldwide are being clinically tested, and that only seven – including the two being tested in Egypt – entered the third stage.  

Seven thousand of the volunteers will be subject to tests at VACSERA. The vaccines being tested in Egypt are Chinese.

It is noted that the total number of infections in Egypt has surpassed 100,000.