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TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan will carry out a phase III trial of a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by China's Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical Co., the Central Asian nation's ministry of innovative development told Reuters on Wednesday. The deal makes the Zhifei Longcom vaccine the fifth COVID-19 candidate in China to enter late-stage, large scale human tests overseas. "The third phase of the pilot process will be conducted in Uzbekistan for 5,000 volunteers and the process will continue for a year," the ministry said, adding that volunteers were aged between 18 and 59 and would undergo eight medical examinations within a...
