Reuters
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BRASILIA, July 7 (Reuters) - Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for the Butanvac COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sao Paulo's Butantan Institute biomedical center to be used on volunteers in clinical trials.
Anvisa in a statement said the vaccine will be applied in two doses, 28 days apart. Phase I of Butanvac's clinical trial will involve 400 volunteers, and the first two phases are expected to involve 6,000 volunteers in total.
In a separate statement, Butantan said the tests will begin in the coming days in Riberao Preto, a city in the state of Sao Paulo.
Butantan said it has around 10 million doses of the Butanvac shot in stock, which will be used to assess the vaccine's safety and efficacy in the trials. It hopes to have 40 million shots ready for use by October, it added.