Uttar Pradesh part of COVID-19 vaccine trial

News Desk

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh that is likely to cross 50K mark of total COVID-19 cases on Monday is also going to test made in India a vaccine and two hospitals in the state have been selected for the purpose.

Hospitals that will conduct trials are in Kanpur and Gorakhpur. These hospitals have past experience of testing vaccines and they also have a list of volunteers for the purpose. Bharat Biotech has made the vaccine Covaxin, human trials of which will start.

Hospitals where the vaccine trials have started include All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi, AIIMS Patna, PGIMS in Rohtak, Jeevan Rekha Hospital in Belgaum, Gillurkar Multispeciality Hospital in Nagpur, Rana Hospital in Gorakhpur, SRM Hospital in Chennai, Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, Kalinga Hospital in Bhubaneswar, Prakhar Hospital in Kanpur and one hospital in Goa.

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India recorded more than 40,000 infections on Sunday, the highest number of daily cases yet. India with rising number of cases every day is concerned and this is the reason why vaccine trial is being given impetus.

We have done two vaccine trials for typhoid and Japanese Encephalitis that got completed in January 2020. This will be our third vaccine trial, says Venkatesh Chaturvedi, administrative officer of the Rana Hospital in Gorakhpur.

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These hospitals, will be given vaccine their volunteers will be screened by Bharat Biotech on the basis of samples sent to lab and then trial will be done to see the efficacy of the vaccine. The state has imposed over 500 containment zones in Lucknow the state capital owing to rise in number of cases and in several other districts too the local administration has imposed ban on opening of offices and shops other than those falling under essential commodities.