Stellenbosch University involved in testing a ‘promising` Covid-19 vaccine
(World News South Africa)

Durban - The Stellenbosch University is part of a large international research trial testing one of the most promising Covid-19 vaccine candidates currently available. This vaccine (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) was developed by Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK) and is currently being tested at seven sites in South Africa, along with the UK and Brazil. The study is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and in South Africa is led by Prof Shabir Madhi of the University of the Witwatersrand. Dr Shaun Barnabas of SU`s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) is leading the Tygerberg trial site in Cape Town. He is based at the FMHS` Department of Paediatrics and Child Health. He said...