SASKATOON As the rollout of a limited supply of Moderna and Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccines continues to gain steam across the country, the University of Saskatchewan s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization – International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) is expected to start delivering the first doses of its own vaccine candidate this week as part of a recently-approved human clinical trial. The lab s director and CEO Dr. Volker Gerdts joined CTV News at Five anchor Jeremy Dodge to explain how the trial will work, how participants are selected and why VIDO s Canadian-made coronavirus vaccine candidate may have some advantages over Pfizer and Moderna s offerings. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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University of Saskatchewan COVID-19 vaccine approved for human clinical trials
A COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Saskatchewan s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) is headed for human clinical trials.
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020 11:48 AM CT | Last Updated: December 29, 2020
The VIDO-InterVac facility is home to one of Canada s only research facilities with a Level 3 containment lab. (Matthew Garand/CBC)
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What goes on inside the rows of factories and apartments built on this desert flatland in western China is shrouded in secrecy, hidden behind steel walls and electric fences.
But the Lop County Hair Product Industrial Park, a place accused of employing forced labour on a mass scale and transforming Muslim people into an industrial work force, stands in clear view.