China wants to conduct Phase-III vaccine trial in Bangladesh

China has planned to conduct Phase III trials of its Covid vaccine in Bangladesh, The Economic Times reports.

According to the report published on Tuesday, Well known Chinese firms Sinopharm and National Biotec are eyeing this possibility of human trials to be conducted on 40,000 persons in Bangladesh. For this, the two organisations sought help of the ruling Communist Party of China.

Last month there were reports that China may run the second phase trial of the coronavirus vaccine in Bangladesh. This was announced by Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Abul Kalam Azad.

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