The process of conducting the clinical trial ('Covaxin') vaccine developed for the treatment of COVID-19 was started on Tuesday at the Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad. A top official of this hospital run by the state government gave this information.
"We will select healthy people and take their blood samples and send them to designated laboratories in New Delhi," NIMS director Dr K Manohar told PTI. They will give the green signal. After this, after examining those who are to be given medication, the first dose of the vaccine will be given under full supervision. "
The Indian Institute of Medical Research (ICMR) has selected 12 medical institutes and hospitals, including NIMS, for the clinical trial of vaccines. The medical officer said, "Everything will be sent to ICMR, where the data is analyzed." We have already started screening people. We will first get the consent of the person on camera. "
On the total number of people required for the clinical trial, Manohar said that at least 30 people would be needed. Bharat Biotech, together with ICMR and the National Institute of Virology, has developed a "covaxin" vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19. Human testing of this vaccine was recently approved by the Medicine Controller General of India.
On Tuesday, 5,134 new cases of infected with coronavirus were reported in Maharashtra. Taking the total number of infected cases in the state to 2, 17,121. According to the Health Department, 224 COVID-19 patients have died during this period. Taking the total number of people who lost their lives in this epidemic to 9,250.
According to the official release, 3,296 people were discharged from the hospital during this period after becoming infection free. So far 1, 18,558 COVID-19 patients have been cured in the state. According to the Health Department, 89,294 patients of COVID-19 are currently undergoing treatment in Maharashtra. Of the 224 patients who died, a maximum of 64 were from Mumbai and 27 from Pune. According to the department, with the arrival of 785 new patients of COVID-19 in Mumbai, the total number of cases of this pandemic has increased to 86,509, while 5002 patients have died in the city so far.
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