Covishield

“This is being implemented under the National Health Mission (NHM), to get real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points in the country. This system has been used with the requisite customization during the COVID pandemic for ensuring continuation of the essential immunisation services and protecting our children and pregnant mothers against vaccine preventable diseases,’’ noted the Ministry release. … [Read more...] about COVID-19: COVISHIELD phase 2, 3 trials get DCGI nod

The 25 volunteers in Mysuru are part of the 100 volunteers in the phase two trials of Covishield across India and JSSAHER is one of the four centres in the country selected for the trials. In phase three trials, the number of volunteers is expected to go up to 1,100 and correspondingly the number of persons receiving the potential vaccine in JSSAHER in Mysuru is also expected to increase to about 250. … [Read more...] about No adverse developments during Covishield vaccine trials in Mysuru

Pakistan is the main force nurturing the drive to create a ‘so-called Khalistan’ or independent homeland for Sikhs and the extremists backed by Islamabad pose serious threats to India and Canada, according to a report by a leading Canadian think tank. Read more. … [Read more...] about News updates from Hindustan Times: Serum Institute pauses Covishield vaccine trials in India and all the latest news

“We are going by DCGI’s direction and so far were not told to pause the trials. If DCGI has any safety concerns, we will follow their instructions and abide by the standard protocols,” the Serum institute had said after receiving the notice on Wednesday. … [Read more...] about Serum Institute pauses Covishield vaccine trials in India

DCGI, however, failed to respond to an e-mail query until going to print. Bharati Hospital, where 33 volunteers were administered the vaccine as part of the phase-II trials, has sent its reports to the data safety monitoring board for review. “The phase-II trial has already been stopped and no new volunteers have been added. The phase-III was to begin next week but it has been put on hold as a precaution. Once there is clarity on the reason for the adverse effect, further decision will be taken by DCGI and SII on the resumption of the trials,” a senior official of Bharati Hospital said. At BJ Medical College, Dr Murlidhar Tambe, dean and principal investigator for the trials, echoed, “We included five volunteers for phase-II trials of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. Pursuant to the adverse effect being reported in UK, we received communication on it from the officials and have put our trials on hold.” Similarly, Dr Ashish Bavdekar, principal investigator at KEM … [Read more...] about Pushed by DCGI, Serum pulls plug on Covishield vaccine trials