Six people receive Covishield dose; Former CEO of pharma firm and his family included

Ex- CEO of a Pharmaceutical firm and his family have been included among the six people who were administered a dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (Covishield) on Thursday, 28th of August.

Dr. Sanjay Lalwani, medical director of Bharati hospital said, “Four volunteers received the Covishield dose after their RT-PCR and antibody tests came out negative for the novel coronavirus,”

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Dr. further informed that among the four volunteers who received the dose on Thursday, three were women and one a man. Among other volunteers included the daughter of the gynaecologist. In Pune, so far, Bharati hospital and KEM hospital and research centre have commenced with Phase II of the clinical trials and authorities said they would enroll 25 volunteers each within two to three days.

On Wednesday 25th August, two male volunteers became the first to be administered the dose at Bharati hospital, as Phases II and III of the clinical trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine candidate began in the country.

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