The COVID vaccine trials are on in Ahmedabad and the healthy youths who volunteer to undergo trials of the Covid-19 vaccine will be administered doses of the vaccine, and results of the trials will be sent to the central government. This was informed by Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel on Wednesday.
The COVID vaccine trials are on in Ahmedabad and the healthy youths who volunteer to undergo trials of the Covid-19 vaccine will be administered doses of the vaccine, and results of the trials will be sent to the central government. This was informed by Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel on Wednesday.
Patel said that 20 healthy youth will be called to the Sola civil hospital on a daily basis and doses will be administered to them. “We will give them the vaccine twice a month. All their body parameters will be monitored and data will then be sent to Bharat Biotech,” Patel said. He added, “People should know that this is a trial mechanism. This is an experiment. The real vaccine is still not in the market. This will happen in a phased manner,” Patel said, adding that experts have completed training of doctors at Sola civil hospital, where the trials will take place.
“As of now, we have received vaccines to conduct trials on 500 persons. Volunteers will be given two doses of the vaccine every month and each will be monitored closely. Such trials are to be conducted across the country for one year,” an official release quoting Nitin Patel said.
The minister meanwhile, said that more than 400 beds will be made available from November 30 at the newly constructed kidney hospital at Manjushri Mill compound for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.
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