Trials Using TB Vaccine Against COVID-19 Underway

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Published on April 10, 2020 - Duration: 00:32s

Trials Using TB Vaccine Against COVID-19 Underway

Researchers have begun investigating the use of a tuberculosis vaccine in the fight against COVID-19.

Trials of the vaccine, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, or BCG, are currently underway in the Netherlands and Australia.

According to UPI, additional studies are scheduled to start in Africa in the coming weeks.

The well-known vaccine has been used since the1920s and is in high demand across the globe.


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