Wits launches SA’s second Covid-19 vaccine trial

The phase 2b trial will evaluate the safety of experimental shot and its ability to stimulate the body’s immune system to protect against future infection

Wits University has launched its second Covid-19 vaccine trial, testing an experimental shot made by US biotech company Novavax, supported in part by a $15m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The phase 2b trial of the shot called NVX-CoV2373 will enrol about 2,900 adult volunteers, including 240 who are HIV positive. It will evaluate the shot’s safety and ability to stimulate the body’s immune system to protect against future infection with Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

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