The phase-III human clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University, and being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII), will begin at the Sassoon General Hospital in Pune next week.
Dean of the state-run Sassoon General Hospital Dr Muralidhar Tambe told this to PTI on Saturday.
"The phase-III trial of "Covishield" vaccine will begin at Sassoon hospital from next week. It is likely to start on Monday. Some volunteers have already come forward for the trial. Around 150 to 200 volunteers will be administered the vaccine candidate dose," he said.
"From Saturday, the hospital started enrolling volunteers for the trial. Those who are willing to volunteer for the vaccination should contact the hospital," he said.
Under phase-II, trials were conducted at Bharti Vidyapeeth Medical College and also KEM Hospital in the city.
India's COVID-19 case tally crossed the 53-lakh mark with a spike of 93,337 new cases in last 24 hours, data released by the Health Ministry this morning showed. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 53,08,015 including 10,13,964 active cases. The country also witnessed 1,247 deaths during the 24-hour period, it said.
With record 95,885 recoveries, India has overtaken the United States of America to record the highest coronavirus recoveries in the world, the Health Ministry tweeted. According to the latest Health Ministry data, more than 42 lakh people have beaten COVID-19 in the country till now. Some 41 lakh people have recovered in the US.
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The Railways has allowed select 10 per cent employees of co-operative and private banks to travel on Mumbai's suburban trains. The service is currently restricted for the general public in view of the coronavirus pandemic. Employees of nationalised banks are already allowed to travel by trains.
A two-member health ministry team visited different hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir to review COVID-19 control measures following a spurt in the cases over the past few weeks, officials said.
The high-level team was headed by Director of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi, S K Singh.
"We have come to see the functioning of COVID dedicated hospitals and how to make these institutions better to face the challenge posed by the disease," Mr Singh said.
Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Saturday tweeted that he had been detected with COVID-19. He said he got himself tested after exhibiting symptoms and appealed to those who came in contact with him over the past few days to check if they too were infected.
This is the third consecutive day that over 4,000 cases have been reported from the southern state.
As many as 4,351 and 4,167 positive cases were detected on Thursday and Friday respectively.
The phase-III human clinical trial of Covishield, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University, and being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII), will begin at the Sassoon General Hospital in Pune next week.
"The phase-III trial of ''Covishield'' vaccine will begin at Sassoon hospital from next week. It is likely to start on Monday. Some volunteers have already come forward for the trial. Around 150 to 200 volunteers will be administered the vaccine candidate dose," Dean of the state-run Sassoon General Hospital Dr Muralidhar Tambe told this to PTI said. Read
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The Centre is exploring the possibility of curtailing the ongoing monsoon session of parliament by several days, sources say. The government is concerned for the safety of MPs after three of them - who had attended the session - tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week, days after their mandatory test reports turned out negative.
The government has held a discussion with the opposition as it is trying to build a consensus over the prospects of wrapping up the session before October 1, sources say. The matter will be taken up at the Lok Sabha Business Advisory Committee meeting this evening.
Seventeen members of the Lok Sabha and eight from the Rajya Sabha had tested positive for the coronavirus in the mandatory tests carried out before the monsoon session of parliament started. Among the infected Lok Sabha MPs, the BJP had the maximum number -- 12. The YSR Congress had two MPs, the Shiv Sena, DMK and RLP had one each. Read
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan on Saturday said he has tested positive for COVID-19.
"In anticipation of the upcoming Assembly sessions, I underwent a #COVID19 test on Saturday and my results have returned positive. I am asymptomatic and will be under home isolation," Mr Narayan tweeted.
He has requested all those who have come in contact with him to take the necessary precautions.
India has overtaken the United States of America to record the highest coronavirus recoveries in the world, the Health Ministry tweeted. According to the latest Health Ministry data, more than 42 lakh people have beaten COVID-19 in the country till now. Some 41 lakh people have recovered in the US.
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India overtakes #USA and becomes No.1 in terms of global #COVID19 RECOVERIES.
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Ventilation charge for a patient is Rs 15,000 per day,but with our apparatus, it'll be very affordable for a common man as he can also keep it in his home. We've conducted trials at two hospitals in Cuttack,we're ready for more trails: Ananya Aprama,a student of IIIT, Bhubaneswar https://t.co/Lp6i8eZWrc
- ANI (@ANI) September 19, 2020
