Prognosis

Thailand to Begin Its Covid-19 Vaccine Human Trials in September

Trials would be among first outside high-income nations
If successful, vaccines could be available for use by 2H 2021

Doses of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate ready for trial on monkeys at the National Primate Research Center of Thailand at Chulalongkorn University in May 2020.Photographer: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

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By Randy Thanthong-Knight

July 12, 2020 at 4:13 AM UTC

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Thailand is starting the clinical stage for its own Covid-19 vaccine after both monkeys and mice generated satisfactory antibodies against the virus following injections, according to scientists in the study.