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Covishield trials: Five volunteers inoculated in Mysuru

The Hindu | 29/08/2020 11:35 PM | Click to read full article

Five volunteers were inoculated with the Covishield vaccine at JSS Hospital in Mysuru on Saturday, marking the start of clinical trials in Karnataka of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.

The trials had begun with five healthy volunteers receiving their first vaccine shots on Saturday. “We will monitor them and see how they respond in the coming days”. JSSAHER is the only center in Karnataka selected for the clinical trials of Covishield.

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