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Two weeks after getting first Covaxin trial shot in Haryana, Anil Vij tests positive for COVID-19

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij, who received the first dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Covaxin, during its Phase-III trial in the state two weeks ago, on Saturday said that he has tested positive for the virus.

ANI Dec 05, 2020 12:08 IST googleads

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij (File photo)

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij, who received the first dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Covaxin, during its Phase-III trial in the state two weeks ago, on Saturday said that he has tested positive for the virus.
Taking to Twitter, he said: "I have been tested Corona positive. I am admitted in Civil Hospital Ambala Cantt. All those who have come in close contact to (sic) me are advised to get themselves tested for corona."
This comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi told an all-party meeting that a coronavirus vaccine could be just weeks away.
Vij had offered to be the first volunteer for the third phase trial of Covaxin in Haryana last month. He was administered a trial dose of Covaxin at a hospital in Ambala on November 20.
In October, the Drugs Controller General of India gave permission to Bharat Biotech for conducting the Phase-III clinical trial of Covaxin.

The Phase-III trials of Covaxin, being conducted in partnership with ICMR, involve 26,000 volunteers across India. It is the largest clinical trial being conducted for a COVID-19 vaccine in India. (ANI)

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