{"id":164348,"date":"2020-09-02T17:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T15:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pasha-79-why-south-africas-role-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials-is-important\/"},"modified":"2020-09-02T17:22:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T15:22:49","slug":"pasha-79-why-south-africas-role-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pasha-79-why-south-africas-role-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials-is-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasha 79: Why South Africa&#8217;s role in COVID-19 vaccine trials is important"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pasha-79-why-south-africas-role-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials-is-important.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa is one of the countries where trials are under way to find an efficacious vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. South Africa\u2019s participation in these trials is crucial. These vaccines are produced in the West and it\u2019s important that they prove to be safe and effective in African countries. Participation in the trials also means that should a vaccine prove to work, the country may have easier access to it.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode of Pasha, Professor Linda-Gail Bekker and Professor Keertan Dheda at the University of Cape Town discuss why vaccine trials are important and why South Africa needs to be involved. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> <em> <strong> Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/pasha-78-south-africas-second-covid-19-vaccine-trial-explained-145113\">Pasha 78: South Africa&#8217;s second COVID-19 vaccine trial explained<\/a> <\/strong> <\/em>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Photo:<\/strong> \u201cCorona Virus Vaccine Trial &#8211; Covid 19 or Corona Virus human clinical trials vaccination shot or injection shot.\u201d By dkroy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/corona-virus-vaccine-trial-covid-19-1772604524\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHappy African Village\u201d by John Bartmann, found on <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/John_Bartmann\/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One\/happy-african-village\">FreeMusicArchive.org<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether We Stand\u201d by Scott Holmes, found on <a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Scott_Holmes\/Cinematic_Background_Music\/-_Together_We_Stand\">FreeMusicArchive.org<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Attribution-NonCommercial License.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/africa\/\">Source: The Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa is one of the countries where trials are under way to find an efficacious vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. South Africa\u2019s participation in these trials is crucial. These vaccines are produced in the West and it\u2019s important that they prove to be safe and effective in African countries. 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