ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan, one of China's closest allies, has been struggling to find volunteers for its part of a multicountry Phase 3 clinical trial of a Chinese vaccine against the new coronavirus.
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Pakistan has selected five hospitals in three major cities for a clinical trial of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine but so far is having trouble getting the expected 8,000 to 10,000 participants to sign up. (Source photos by Reuters)
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan, one of China's closest allies, has been struggling to find volunteers for its part of a multicountry Phase 3 clinical trial of a Chinese vaccine against the new coronavirus.