CAPE TOWN- Around 500 willing healthcare workers will participate in a clinical trial to determine if BCG (re)vaccination will reduce the probability of Covid-19 infections and the severity of symptoms. The Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) vaccine is one of the oldest…
#listentotheexperts – Does the BCG vaccine protect us against Covid-19 Dr Florette Treurnicht Head of Dept: Medical Virology, NHLS & Wits University
Research suggests that a tuberculosis vaccine may be helping Taiwanese people fight off COVID-19. The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine, or BCG, is administered to all children in Taiwan to fight TB. Doctors say it may have strengthened immune systems in a…