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Thai-developed vaccine set to proceed to human trials

Thai-developed vaccine set to proceed to human trials

Up 5m doses of ‘ChulaCov19’ can be produced by year-end

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul holds a news conference to give an update on the progress of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok on Thursday. (Reuters photo)

Thailand’s second domestically developed vaccine will soon undergo human trials, officials said on Thursday, adding that the plan was to produce up to 5 million doses by the end of the year.

The mRNA vaccine, developed by Chulalongkorn University, had success in trials in mice and monkeys and is due to be tested on humans in late April or early May, Kiat Ruxrungtham of the Chula Vaccine Research Center said.

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