Bengaluru: Jeevan Rekha hospital, Belagavi started Covaxin trials among the 50 healthy volunteers.
It is one of the 12 hospitals selected for the trails across the country.
As part of the plan, 50 healthy volunteers have already been selected. They are in the age group of 18 to 60 years.
The hospital authorities informed that the medical tests have been completed and the swab samples have been sent to ICMR lab in New Delhi.
“The trial vaccine will be administered this week to the volunteers,” informed Dr Amit Bhate from the hospital.
“The blood samples of the volunteers will be collected on 14th day, 28th day, and 48th day and examined,” he said.