The expert panel of India s drug regulator, DCGI, has permitted Bharat Biotech to give a third dose of Covaxin to a few volunteers in its clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine, sources said.
Bharat Biotech presented amendments to the subject expert committee of the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) in the approved Phase 2 clinical trial protocol for administration of booster dose six months after second dose. The firm presented amendments in the approved Phase 2 clinical trial protocol for administration of booster dose after six months after second dose. After detailed deliberation, the committee recommended that the firm should conduct the booster dose study only in 6 mcg cohort and also should follow up the subjects at least for six months after the third dose, the SEC said.
She learned about vaccinating the Prime Minister only minutes before his arrival to the hospital. I am posted at the vaccine centre. I was called. We found out PM sir is coming today. It was great to meet PM sir, she said. Niveda said that for her, inoculating Modi was a moment of great surprise and of honour. Modi reached early around 6.30 a.m. for his immunization under phase three which has been initiated in the country from Monday covering 27 crore people aged above 60 and those above 45 with comorbidities. Hailing from Puducherry, Niveda was the main nurse to inoculate Modi. She has been with the hospital for the last three years.
Read more about Vaccination in Delhi: Further slump in turnout, only 8 get jabs at AIIMS on Business Standard. Nearly 3,600 healthcare workers received the COVID-19 vaccine shots in Delhi on Monday, a further dip in the figures compared to that on the opening day of the immunisation drive
Read more about Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu visits Union minister Naik in hospital on Business Standard. Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu visited Union minister Shripad Naik on Friday at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), where he is undergoing treatment after getting injured in a road accident
Friday spoke to Union minister Shripad Naik, who is recuperating at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) near here after getting injured in a road accident. Naiks office stated that Modi called up the BJP leader minutes before Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu met the Union minister at the hospital. During a short telephonic conversation, the PM asked Naik to take care of his health, Naiks Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Suraj Naik told PTI. Naidu met Naik (68), a Lok Sabha MP from Goa, at around 10.20 am. Naik was admitted to the government-run GMCH on Monday night after he was seriously injured in the road accident in adjoining Karnataka.