So far, more than 1,600 volunteers have been inoculated with the two inactivated vaccines against COVID-19 from
China's Sinopharm laboratory, as part of its clinical trials held at Cayetano Heredia University's Center for Clinical Studies.
They thanked the trust, acceptance, and enthusiasm shown during the third volunteer registration process, which ended on Wednesday.
On the other hand, the researchers reiterated that the application of these inactivated vaccines does not mean that inoculated volunteers are protected from COVID-19. Therefore, they stressed the need to keep adhering to the corresponding prevention and social distancing measures.
After that, given the population's great interest in participating in the trials, more people were registered to have a back-up list.
"Thus, up to 30 participants were enrolled per minute. This encourages us to keep working and, at the same time, to continue contributing to raise our commitment to scientific research," reads a statement by the researchers.
Starting today, October 2, volunteers will be contacted by phone, once they confirm the validation message sent to their e-mail addresses.
After verifying volunteers' personal information and confirming their eligibility to participate, the research team will coordinate with them the meeting day and time.
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Published: 10/2/2020