A million people in SA infected with Covid-19, expert says via TheCitizen_News
As South Africa gears up to develop a vaccine for Covid-19, lead vaccine trial researcher Professor Shabir Madhi disclosed some interesting revelations in a MyHealthTV webinar recently., Madhi emphasised the grave underestimation of the number of Covid-19 cases. According to him, it is likely there are one million people in South Africa with the virus, among them many asymptomatic cases.
The most effective way to slow down the rate of infection is for every citizen to adhere to non-pharmaceutical interventions, Madhi said in the webinar. In terms of setting up vaccine trials, Madhi told Wits that he hoped to start the study within the next few weeks, and enrol the roughly 2,000 people taking part in the study in the next eight weeks. He hopes those taking part in the study are enrolled by mid-August. Each of them will be followed up on for at least 12 months, to study the safety of the vaccine.
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