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[ad_1] Shiv Kumar Tribune News Service Mumbai, May 4 The Haffkine Institute will soon begin clinical trials of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine as a treatment for Covid-19. According to the Maharashtra government, the General of Drug Control of India has given permission for such trials to be conducted in …

[ad_1] The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine to prevent tuberculosis should be administered to healthcare workers and the elderly as prophylaxis (preventive action) for coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to an article published in the Indian Journal of Orthopedics. “The BCG vaccine is known to confer broad-spectrum immunity not only against tuberculosis …