Covid-19 vaccine enters final stage trial July 27: statement

[WASHINGTON] The US biotech firm Moderna said on Tuesday it would enter the final stage of its human trials for its Covid-19 vaccine on July 27, becoming the first company to do so.

The trial will recruit 30,000 participants in the US, with half to receive the vaccine at 100 microgram dose levels, and the other half to receive a placebo.

AFP

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