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Bharat Biotech, ministry on how Vij got corona

 Rohit Shishodia
Bharat Biotech Limited has tweeted, “Covaxin clinical trials are based on a 2-dose schedule and its efficacy will be determined 14 days post the second dose. Covaxin has been designed to be efficacious when subjects receive both doses.”

The statement of the company has come after Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij tested Covid positive after a dose of Covaxin, which is the corona vaccine being developed by Bharat Biotech in association with Indian Council of Medical Research.

“Phase-3 trials are double-blinded and randomized, where 50% of subjects (participants in the trials) are administered vaccine and 50% of subjects receive placebo,” added the company in the tweet.  

The clarification on the issue also came from Union Health Ministry. The ministry pointed out that Vij took only the first of the two-doses.

It added that the antibodies against the infection build up in a human being only after specific number of days pass after second dose of the vaccine is taken.

Dr Pradeep Singh, Pediatrician, Kailash Hospital, Noida, said that it takes from 4 to 8 weeks to develop antibodies after getting the vaccine.


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