Covid-19 vaccine trials in Pakistan shows encouraging results: Scientist claims.

ISLAMABAD -- Experts on Covid-19 on Monday said Pakistan has been conducting human trials of Chinese vaccines, which were showing encouraging results where 13,000 of volunteers have received their shot of vaccine which would continue to undergo regular monitoring.

Talking to a Private news channel, the University of Health Sciences (UHS) Punjab's Vice-Chancellor Dr Javed Akram said that it is the first Covid vaccine trial happening in the country in which people have shown great enthusiasm for and got themselves registered for trial dose.

The trials are in the third phase and free of charge for Pakistani citizens, adding, Phase III trials are usually the last stage in the development of a vaccine, he added.

He said the trials are being carried out successfully and the vaccine to prevent the spread of COVID-19 should hopefully be available in Pakistan soon.

He also said most vulnerable people, including the elderly in long-term care facilities and healthcare workers were the first in line for shots, adding, pregnant and breastfeeding women were not eligible for clinical trials.

He further said the first human trials of the vaccine, developed by the Chinese company CanSino Biologics Inc, started on September 22 in Pakistan. Since then, the country has administered the experimental jab to 13,000 people

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