Haryana Health Minister and BJP Leader Anil Vij, who had volunteered to be the first volunteer in phase three trials for a possible coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, received a test dose on Friday. Vij was administered the test dose at Ambala Cantt Civil Hospital, the BJP leader said on Twitter. Earlier …
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The global search for an effective coronavirus vaccine is still underway, as more than 57 million people have contracted the disease so far and more than 1.3 million have lost their lives from it. The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna recently declared that their vaccine candidates have been successful in …
Read More »Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij to receive a test dose of Covid Covaxin vaccine | India News
CHANDIGARH: Haryana’s Health Minister Anil Vij, who had volunteered to be the first volunteer in phase three trials of Covaxin, a possible vaccine against Covid-19, will receive the dose on Friday. The 67-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader said he will be given the test dose of the indigenous vaccine at …
Read More »Covaxin phase 3 trial will begin in Haryana on November 20, Minister Anil Vij offers to be the first volunteer
Haryana Interior Minister Anil Vij announced on Wednesday that the third phase of testing of Covaxin, Bharat Biotech International Limited’s potential candidate vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), will begin on Friday in the state. Vij also volunteered to be the first volunteer for the vaccine trial. “The third phase …
Read More »Haryana Minister Anil Vij Volunteers as First Volunteer for Covaxin Phase 3 Trial
The third phase of clinical trials of the coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, will begin in Haryana on November 20. Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has volunteered as the first volunteer to get vaccinated. “The third phase trial of Covaxin, a Bhart Biotech coronavirus vaccine product, will begin in Haryana on November …
Read More »India Puts Hope in Locally Tested Covid-19 Vaccines Given Pfizer’s Limitations | India News
NEW DELHI: India hopes that five locally tested vaccines will help control Covid-19, as those developed by Pfizer and Moderna may not be available in large quantities soon. The five candidates include Russia’s Sputnik-V, whose “Phase II going to Phase III” tests in India will begin next week in collaboration …
Read More »Bharat Biotech launches massive phase 3 trial with 26,000 Covaxin participants
NEW DELHI: Bharat Biotech International Ltd has started massive phase 3 clinical trials of its covid-19 ‘Covaxin’ vaccine. The company plans to enroll 26,000 participants in total, making it the first phase 3 efficacy study for a COVID-19 vaccine and the largest efficacy trial ever conducted in India. As part …
Read More »250 register for Covid vaccine trial at AMU
Over 250 applications for the Covid-19 ‘Covaxin’ vaccine trial have been received at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital of the Muslim University of Aligarh. According to Professor Mohd Shameem, Principal Investigator, all applications will be reviewed according to the protocol and procedure established by the Indian Council for Medical …
Read More »About 20 COVID-19 vaccines at different stages of development in India: Vardhan
About 20 vaccines are in different stages of development in India, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. India has launched an integrated response to overcome the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Vardhan added. The Union health minister spoke at the 8th BRICS STI ministerial meeting on Friday. Vardhan said India …
Read More »Frontline workers to have priority; photo ID required
From identifying the priority groups that will receive the COVID-19 vaccine first to organizing vaccination centers, the central government has begun to prepare a plan to implement the coronavirus vaccine in the country, once it is available. The coronavirus vaccine will be distributed under a special COVID-19 inoculation program, using …
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