Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi government recently called upon residents to volunteer for the Phase III trials of another COVID-19 vaccine. Developed in Russia, this vaccine will be tested on at least 500 people in Abu Dhabi.
The Department of Health — Abu Dhabi (DoH), the emirate’s health regulator also released eligibility criteria to sign up for the trials. Here is everything you need to know about the second COVID-19 vaccine trial to be hosted in the UAE so far.
Who developed this vaccine?
This particular COVID-19 vaccine has been developed in Russia. It was created by the Russian Ministry of Health’s Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. Gamaleya, a medical research institute is headquartered in Moscow, and is named after Russian scientist, Nikolay Gamaleya, a pioneer in microbiology and vaccine research.