{"id":555536,"date":"2021-11-17T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/17\/covi-vax-trials-to-take-6-9-months\/"},"modified":"2021-11-17T04:00:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T04:00:31","slug":"covi-vax-trials-to-take-6-9-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/17\/covi-vax-trials-to-take-6-9-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Covi Vax trials to take 6-9 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our locally made Covi Vax will spend somewhere between six and n<\/strong>ine months in <\/strong>clinical trials<\/strong>, head of the team in charge of supervising the clinical research studies Osama Azmi told the Middle East News Agency<\/a>. After the clinical trials the vaccine will be submitted to the Egyptian Drug Authority for approval before it can be administered. The first phase of the trials will be over in two weeks, Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told Ala Mas\u2019ouleety (watch, runtime: 13:24<\/a>) and the second and third phases will take about six months.<\/p>\n

Where do the trials currently stand? <\/strong>So far 72 volunteers received their first jab and prior to that, the vaccine was tested on 540 animal species, and it showed effectiveness against all virus variants. Earlier this week<\/a>, interim health minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar announced<\/a> that the trials will begin with tens of participants before they\u2019re expanded to include hundreds and thousands of people.<\/p>\n

The Health Ministry <\/strong>reported<\/a><\/strong> 941 new covid-19 infections yesterday<\/strong>, on par with 946 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 345,848 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 69 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 19,636.<\/p>\n

MEANWHILE- Lockdowns are definitely not a thing of the past up in Europe:<\/strong><\/p>\n