South Africa starts clinical trials on first locally developed oral cholera vaccine

Researchers and scientists in South Africa on Tuesday have launched clinical trials on the first domestically manufactured vaccine in over 50 years.

The oral cholera vaccine is being developed by the Cape Town-based pharmaceutical firm Biovac.

It is currently undergoing trials to determine its safety in adults and will be followed by trials to compare it to existing cholera vaccines that are already in the market.

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