Bcg Vaccine In Elder

Top medical body ICMR is undertaking a study in Mumbai to evaluate whether the BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) vaccine, primarily used against tuberculosis, is effective in preventing COVID-19 in elderly population, the city civic body said on Friday.

Sanction has been accorded to a trial by the Indian Council of Medical Research's tuberculosis institute in Chennai to study the efficacy of BCG vaccine in the elderly in the fight against COVID-19, the government said on Wednesday.

Top medical body ICMR is undertaking a study in Mumbai to evaluate whether the BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) vaccine, primarily used against tuberculosis, is effective in preventing COVID-19 in elderly population, the city civic body said on Friday.

Sanction has been accorded to a trial by the Indian Council of Medical Research's tuberculosis institute in Chennai to study the efficacy of BCG vaccine in the elderly in the fight against COVID-19, the government said on Wednesday.