In a major development, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) has given a nod to holding clinical trial of Covid-19 vaccine in the country.
According to a document, signed by Drap Clinical Studies Committee secretary Shafqat Hussain Danish, and available with Dawn, the committee recommended that the trial be held in Indus Hospital, Karachi.
As many as 200 volunteers from Karachi, representing various ethnic groups, have been registered. The trial will be completed in 56 days during which three injections of inactivated virus will be administered to the volunteers — both male and female.
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