novel coronavirus cases and deaths, University of Oxford and AstraZeneca’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine has entered the final stage of clinical trials, making it the first such vaccine.
Also, scientists have started the clinical trials of the vaccine in South Africa.Currently, the coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 95 lakh people across the world and over 4.8 lakh patients have died due to the highly contagious disease.
Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand have started the first clinical trial in South Africa. The team will test the Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine, often known as the Oxford Vaccine, as part of the VIDA-Trial that aims to find a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2.