A view of a vial of Russia s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. (Photo: AP)
The third phase of the clinical trial of Russian Covid vaccine candidate Sputnik V is likely to begin at the state-run College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital (CMSDH) in the second week of January. The facility in Kamarhati in North 24 Parganas district is the second hospital after Peerless Hospital in Kolkata where the Russian vaccine candidate trial will be conducted.
Sources in CMSDH said a technical advisory committee had already approved the third phase of the trial. “Once the ethics committee gives a green signal, the trial will start. The next meeting of the ethics committee is on January 9,” a senior doctor told