A separate clinical trial of the potential Covid-19 vaccine will now be conducted alongside through the intradermal route, that is just under the skin, the pharmaceutical regulatory body said on Saturday. Human trials of Covaxin started about two weeks ago and it may be available by the end of the year, Union minister of health and family welfare Harsh Vardhan has said. The trial is being conducted on 1,125 patients at 12 hospitals across the country including All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Also read: Want to enrol in a vaccine trial? The third vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D from Zydus Cadila, has begun clinical trials with the first human dosing and is likely to complete clinical trials in a few months, the health minister said.

Source: Hindustan Times August 23, 2020 03:47 UTC