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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) - Wits announces SA's first Covid-19 vaccine trial, first participants to be enrolled this week

Title:
Wits announces SA's first Covid-19 vaccine trial, first participants to be enrolled this week

Author:
Canny Maphanga

Published:
News24, 23 June 2020
https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/just-in-wits-announces-sas-first-covid-19-vaccine-trial-first-participants-to-be-enrolled-this-week-20200623

Key points from the article:
* Wits university announces SA's first Covid-19 vaccine trial, with participants enrolling this week.
* This comes as the country breaches 100 000 cases of Covid-19.
* Participants are to be divided in three groups - two groups include HIV-negative participants and one group includes people living with HIV.