Do not Want to be Left Behind; the University of Queensland Also Tests COVID-19 Vaccine in Humans

News24xx.com - Trials for the potential COVID-19 vaccine in humans have begun in Queensland after in May human trials were also conducted in Melbourne.

On Monday (13 July), as many as 120 volunteers in Brisbane received the first dose of immunization that could potentially avoid COVID-19 disease, due to the coronavirus.

This potential vaccine was developed by the University of Queensland (UQ).

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This is one of many clinical trials conducted in Australia, including other trials involving researchers and volunteers in Queensland.

In testing the potential of this vaccine, each person will be injected with two doses every four weeks, then examined the safety and immune response of the volunteers.

Healthy adult volunteers have received the first dose of their vaccine at the Brisbane specialist clinic, Nucleus Network, as the first phase of this trial.