Haryana: Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij Thursday said he has volunteered to take the trial dose of Covaxin, India’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine candidate. The minister will take the trial dose on Friday at 11 am at Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt under the supervision of doctors.
“I will be administered trial dose of Coronavirus vaccine #Covaxin a Bharat Biotech product Tomorrow at 11 am at Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt under the expert supervision of a team of doctors from PGI Rohtak and Health Department. I have volunteered to take the trial dose,” tweeted Vij, who also handles the health and urban development departments.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij Thursday said he has volunteered to take the trial dose of Covaxin, India’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine candidate. The minister will take the trial dose on Friday at 11 am at Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt under the supervision of doctors.
“I will be administered trial dose of Coronavirus vaccine #Covaxin a Bharat Biotech product Tomorrow at 11 am at Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt under the expert supervision of a team of doctors from PGI Rohtak and Health Department.
I have volunteered to take the trial dose,” tweeted Vij, who also handles the health and urban development departments. Among other coronavirus vaccine candidates, the phase-3 trial of the Oxford vaccine of the Serum Institute is almost near completion, while Dr Reddy’s Laboratories will also soon start the combined phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V.
Also, the Biological E Limited has started early phase 1 and 2 human trials of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate. With 45,576 new Covid-19 infections, India’s total cases are now close to 90 lakh. With 585 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll mounts to 1,31,578. Of the 89,58,484 infections, active cases dropped to 4,43,303, while as many as 83 lakh people have been discharged.
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