Friday, 11 December 2020

PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (532): Turkey, USA vaccine, Australia vaccine trial, WHO, global

COVID-19 -- Turkey
The vaccine had been in stage one of trials, and proving to be effective in making antibodies. But it also generated HIV antibodies in some recipients -- which meant it showed false positives for HIV. Further testing proved the HIV wasn't there. CSL and UQ said fixing the flaw would take about a year, prompting a decision to abandon the trial. "It was likely to work. But we knew that we didn't want to have any issues with confidence, and this false-positive test may have caused some confusion

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8010013&promed&0

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