BigstockDoctors, nurses and health workers will get priority for the vaccine trial, likely to be carried out by icddr,bThe phase-3, or human, trial of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech Ltd will take place in Bangladesh soon, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said. “The Chinese company will bear the cost of the vaccine and trial process.”Chinese citizens who are working in Bangladesh will also participate in the vaccine trial, he added. Already 140 companies and organizations are working to manufacture the Covid-19 vaccine," Zahid said. “We have given an approval for the human trial for Covid-19 vaccine after examining all necessary research protocols,” the minister was quoted by BSS. On July 19, Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) extended ethical approval for phase-3 trial of Covid-19 vaccine by Sinovac Biotech Ltd.Sources said the BMRC decided to approve the last stage trial of the Chinese vaccine as Dhaka-based International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) submitted a research protocol, seeking approval to carry out the study.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 27, 2020 09:17 UTC