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Filed Under:Coronavirus, Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis Health

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Kaiser Permanente is looking for volunteers for a coronavirus vaccine trial.

Sacramento was selected as a test site for a late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial. Kaiser started preparation for the Phase 3 clinical trial Wednesday.

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Learn more here. 

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They hope to enroll 1,400 volunteers from four sites in California and Oregon between the ages of 18 and 85 for the double-blind study. Half of the participants will get the real vaccine while others will get a placebo.

The vaccine was developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, sponsors of the trial.

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UC Davis Health is also participating in the trial and is looking for 80 participants. You can learn more here.