Covid: Delhi-based firm to conduct Covaxin trials; Bolsonaro \'unmasked\'

Covid: Delhi-based firm to conduct Covaxin trials; Bolsonaro 'unmasked'

Despite being tested positive for the coronavirus again, Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro was caught on camera chatting with cleaners without a mask

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Kanishka Gupta  |  New Delhi 

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks with journalists as he arrives at Alvorada Palace, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

A Delhi-based private laboratory, Dr. Dangs Lab, has claimed that it has been selected as the central lab for human clinical trials of Covaxin.

Covaxin is India's indigenous, Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed and manufactured by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology.

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First Published: Fri, July 24 2020. 12:11 IST