India / Haryana Minister to be administered COVAXIN trial dose at 11 am today

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Thursday said he will be administered a trial dose of COVAXIN at 11 am today. He will be administered the trial dose "under the expert supervision of a team of doctors from PGI Rohtak and Health Department", he added. Vij had earlier offered to be the first volunteer for COVAXIN's 3rd phase trials.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Nov 20, 2020, 09:49 AM
Rohtak: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Thursday, 19 November, took to Twitter to announce that he would be administered a trial dose of Covaxin on Friday, adding that he had volunteered to take it.

The minister further said that it would take place at Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment under the expert supervision of a team of doctors from PGI Rohtak and the state Health Department.

Covaxin is India’s first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidate and is being developed by Bharat Biotech.