Kusnandi Rusmil, Chief, Covid-19 Vaccine Research & Clinical Trial Team: We Got a Head Start to Develop the Vaccine Faster
The phase III clinical trial of Sinovac Biotech Ltd’s Covid-19 vaccine has generated a lot of interest from prospective volunteers. Four days after the open registration began, over 1,000 volunteers have signed up for the trial conducted by the research team from the faculty of medicine of the Padjadjaran University in Bandung, West Java.
Tempo
August 3, 2020
THE research team needed 1,620 volunteers from among Bandung residents for the trial. Besides being required to be healthy and free of Covid-19, potential candidates must be 18 to 59 years old. “I’m looking for the age group with a relatively strong immune system,” Kusnandi Rusmil, 70, the team leader, said during a special interview with Tempo via video conference on Tuesday, July 28.
The trial offers new hope as the case
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