62 M’sians in Phase 3 trials


SUNGAI PETANI: Malaysia has taken another step forward in the fight against the pandemic with the first batch of 62 Malaysians being given the Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s Institute of Medical Biology Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (IMBCAMS).

Held at Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim’s Clinical Research Centre (CRC) here yesterday, half of the volunteers received the SARS-CoV-2 inactivated virus particles while the rest were given placebo doses.

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