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Thursday, August 6, 2020
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Thursday, August 6, 2020
Israeli national lab to begin human trials on COVID-19 vaccine as soon as October
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn Israeli national laboratory will begin testing its coronavirus vaccine on human subjects in mid-October, Defense Minister Benny Gantz announces.
Gantz makes the remarks following a visit to the Defense Ministry’s secretive Biological Research Institute in Nes Ziona, where he was informed of recent “advancements in the development of the vaccine and antibodies for the coronavirus,” his office says.
“We must begin tests on humans after the Tishrei holidays,” Gantz says, referring to the Hebrew month in which the Jewish high holidays take place, the last of which ends this year on October 10.
— Judah Ari Gross
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