(VOVWORLD) - A vaccine for Covid-19 is expected to enter clinical trials in mid-April, Yi Chengdong, deputy director of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission said Tuesday.
On the same day, Russian scientists announced that they have begun to test vaccine prototypes for the new coronavirus, and plan to present the most effective one by June. The prototypes have been created and ready for laboratory testing on animals to ensure effectiveness and safety, according to the Vector Institute in Siberia.
Recently, a team of researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Australia, have published their study on the body’s immune response to coronavirus, while a human vaccine trial has commenced.