Summary:
The process for human trial of the Covid-19 vaccine that Bharat Biotech has developed formally began at a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur.
The first set of participants, who have cleared the screening process, will be vaccinated on Thursday or Friday under medical supervision.
Prakhar Hospital, one of the two facilities chosen for testing the coronavirus vaccine in Uttar Pradesh, has 36 volunteers between the age group of 18 and 55 years.
Five of the volunteers are women and two are 20-year-olds.
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Kanpur: The process for human trial of the Covid-19 vaccine that Bharat Biotech has developed formally began at a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur.
The first set of participants, who have cleared the screening process, will be vaccinated on Thursday or Friday under medical supervision.
Prakhar Hospital, one of the two facilities chosen for testing the coronavirus vaccine in Uttar Pradesh, has 36 volunteers between the age group of 18 and 55 years.
Five of the volunteers are women and two are 20-year-olds.
Coming from diverse backgrounds, the volunteers also include sportspersons.
“They are mostly from middle class background and all of them registered on their own volition as they want to contribute to the experiment that can help mankind in these trying hours,” said Dr JS Kushwaha, chairman of the hospital.
All 36 volunteers on Monday underwent a comprehensive process of determining their health status, which needs to fit in the parametres the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has defined.