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Western Cape health practitioners address COVID-19 myths

Western Cape health practitioners address COVID-19 myths
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Trial of potentially variant-proof vaccine ongoing in Western Cape

The next generation vaccines are being developed in SA

The ‘next generation’ vaccines are being developed in SA By Nathan Craig Share Durban - Two Covid-19 vaccines were being refined in the country with the potential to outsmart current and future variants – strengthening the fight against the pandemic. Shantivax and had5, were considered to be the next-generation Covid-19 vaccines. GENLAB, a Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) based immunotherapy company, and Danish biotechnology company, Immunitrack, were behind Shantivax – the first Covid-19 vaccine of African origin. The had5 Covid-19 vaccine was designed by Immunitybio Inc, an immunotherapy company from California with a lineage in cancer treatments, along with researchers from the University of Cape Town.

California firms launch trials of COVID shot they hope will protect against South African variant

A variant-proof vaccine? Two California firms launch trials of COVID shot they hope will protect against the South African form - and future mutants - by targeting a more stable part of the infectious spike protein Two biotechnology companies based in California, ImmunityBio and NantKwest, are beginning Phase I clinical trials of their vaccine in South Africa Their candidate, hAd5 T-cell, targets two parts of the virus: the spike protein, more prone to mutations and the nucleocapsid protein, which is less prone Researchers hope this will help protect against variants of the coronavirus like those that arose in the UK, South Africa and Brazil

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