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COVID-19 vaccine efficacy study resumes after participant falls ill
The Oxford University randomised control trial, being hosted by Wits University, was temporarily halted last week after a participant in the UK fell ill.
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ANALYSIS: Why halting COVID-19 vaccine trial is part of the process
The experience of the Oxford vaccine and the measures put into place are not unusual. Many phase one and phase two clinical trials have holding rules.
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Halting COVID-19 trial shows good oversight, says Wits' Prof Madhi
As part of regulatory procedure, further vaccination of participants enrolled in the study has been halted after a volunteer in the UK fell ill.
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SA must break down ‘boyhood code’ in fight against GBV, say experts
This was one of the issues raised during a webinar commemorating one year since the rape and murder of 19-year-old Uyinene Mrwetyana.
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SA needs to explore different COVID-19 vacine options, says Wits specialist
Wits University has this week started screening participants for its second vaccine efficacy trial.
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Over 400 participants recruited so far for SA's COVID-19 vaccine trial
The first potential vaccines were administered to some of the volunteers in the randomised trial a month ago. Others received a placebo.
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Finding working COVID-19 vaccine means faster access for SA - Wits researcher
A collaboration between Wits and the UK's Oxford University started four weeks ago and involves 2,000 participants between the ages of 18 and 65.
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3 mn jobs lost in SA since lockdown, black women hit hardest - survey
The National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey has found two thirds of the job losses were among women.
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COVID-19 vaccine could be available in Africa in the first quarter of 2021
Wits University's principal investigator of the South African VIDA vaccine trial, Professor Shabir Madhi, said the availability of a vaccine was completely dependent on the clinical trial results.
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'We are not guinea pigs,' say South African anti-vaccine protesters
Last Wednesday, the University of the Witwatersrand in partnership with Oxford University rolled out South Africa’s first clinical trial, which will consist of 2,000 volunteers.
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A ‘dark winter’ as SA braces for COVID-19 peak
Eyewitness News has interrogated statistics from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases over a period of three weeks until 21 June.
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Wits to officially begin SA’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial
The trial subjects will come from hotspots where the risk of the coronavirus was the highest.
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Wits team ready to stop COVID-19 vaccine trial if found to be unsafe
The university will begin trials for the first African COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
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Wits University begins SA’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial
The institution said 2,000 people between the ages of 18 and 65 would be enrolled for the trial, which was expected to be run at multiple sites in South Africa.
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Wits seeking citizens who tested positive for COVID-19 for study on rapid tests
Wits' head of Immunology, Professor Elizabeth Mayne, said that volunteers would be expected to provide blood and swab samples and nurses would be sent to the homes of those who could not travel or who were in isolation.
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Online classes and completing the academic year at Wits University
Wits University rolled out online classes on 20 April 2020. EWN spoke to Wits University vice-chancellor Adam Habib and SRC president Thuto Gabaphethe about their views regarding online classes.
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COVID-19: Some Wits students disappointed over closure of accommodation
Students could be seen wheeling their suitcases out of wits university’s main campus. They were instructed to vacate their rooms by Thursday night.
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Court dismisses Wits students’ urgent application over closure of residences
The institution’s lawyers filed opposing papers on Wednesday after two law students turned to the High Court to interdict the university’s decision to vacate students from residences by Friday.
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COVID-19: Wits opposes application by students who don’t want it to close
This came after 350 students were instructed to go into self-quarantine after a medical student tested positive for coronavirus.
