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Australian researchers begin testing COVID-19 vaccines
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IANS | 02 Apr, 2020
Researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization (CSIRO) on Thursday announced that they have begun
testing vaccines for the novel coronavirus.
The CSIRO said that
it has commenced the first stage of testing at the Australian Animal
Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong, 75 km southwest of Melbourne,
reports Xinhua news agency.
The trials are expected to take three
months and will be conducted on ferrets to determine if either of the
two vaccines were safe and effective.
"Beginning vaccine
candidate testing at CSIRO is a critical milestone in the fight against
COVID-19, made possible by collaboration both within Australia and
across the globe," Larry Marshall, the Chief Executive of the CSIRO,
said in a statement.
"CSIRO researchers are working
around-the-clock to combat this disease which is affecting so many --
whether it's at the AAHL or at our state-of-the-art biologics
manufacturing facility -- we will keep working until this viral enemy is
defeated," he added.
Even if the vaccines were found to be
effective and safe, it could take 12 to 18 months for them to be rolled
out around the world.
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