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Friday, May 8, 2020

South Africa (Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2020) - BCG vaccine trial for COVID-19 begins in SA

Title:
BCG vaccine trial for COVID-19 begins in SA

Author:
Leila Stein

Published:
Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2020

From the article:
"South Africa has begun a trial to assess whether the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine could be used to fight COVID-19.  

This very old vaccine was developed over 100 years ago to help fight tuberculosis.  

Now, TASK, a medical trials centre in Cape Town, has begun testing the effectiveness of the vaccine against the coronavirus."

To read this article:
https://www.popularmechanics.co.za/science/bcg-vaccine-trial-for-covid-19-begins-in-sa/