Italian institute to begin human trials of COVID-19 vaccine in late August


By UnreguserLi Jie
  • World
  • Saturday, 08 Aug 2020

ROME, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases in the Italian capital will start human clinical trials of a possible vaccine against the coronavirus in late August, the hospital and local authorities said on Friday.

A call for 90 volunteers was issued on the institute's website on Friday, especially for adult volunteers aged 18 to 55 or 65 to 85.

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