Health Canada has approved the first trial of a vaccine against the new coronavirus. This was stated on Saturday, canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during daily televised address to the nation.
"health Canada has approved the country’s first test potential vaccines against coronavirus," he said. According to him, the tests will take place on the basis of the center of vaccinology of the University Dalhousie (Halifax, Nova Scotia). "If they are successful, we will produce and distribute the vaccine in our country", – said the Prime Minister.
May 13, Trudeau reported that canadian researchers began conducting serology tests that will identify blood antibodies are able to resist coronavirus.
The first case of infection with coronavirus in Canada was recorded on 15 January, has now infected 75 million people, more than 5.5 thousand infected died, 37,2 thousand cases recovered.
