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Covaxin Trial To Begin Soon For The Age Group Of 2-18

Covaxin trial to begin soon for the age group of two to 18, Bharat Biotech gets approval.

Bharat Biotech will soon begin the second and third phase clinical trial of its anti-corona vaccine covaxin on children aged two to 18 years.

The committee of experts constituted on Corona gave its recommendation for starting the trial on Tuesday. Official sources have given this information.

The trial will be conducted at 525 volunteers at various centers in the country, including AIIMS in Delhi and Patna and the Meditrina Institute of Medical Sciences in Nagpur.

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech sought permission to assess the safety and immunity of covaxine on children aged two to 18 years.

The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), set up on Corona, on Tuesday recommended Bharat Biotech’s application for a trial after extensive deliberations.

The SEC, while recommending second and third phase trials, has also stipulated that Bharat Biotech will provide the interim data of Phase II security to CDSCO before starting Phase III clinical trials.

It is worth noting that Bharat Biotech has developed covaxin in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The company is also producing and marketing it.

In India, covaxin is also being used along with the covishield being made by the Serum Institute in vaccination campaigns.

Know which country first started vaccination program to save the lives of children from Corona

In view of the deadly corona infection worldwide, Canada has started a vaccination program to protect the lives of children between the ages of 12 and 15 from this deadly pandemic.

In this way, Canada has become the first country in the world to start vaccination of children. These will be vaccinated by Pfizer Company.

In the coming time, German company BioNotech will also launch vaccines for children aged between 12 and 15 years in Europe. Let us tell you that America has also allowed vaccination for children.

Talking about India, Bharat Biotech is about to start its second and third phase of clinical trials of covid vaccine on 2-18 year old children soon.

The committee of experts constituted for prevention of Covid epidemic recommended its trial. Significantly, in India, vaccination has been started for the age group of 18 to 45 years.

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