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AIIMS unable to find volunteers for phase-3 trial of Bharat Biotech's covid vaccine

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New Delhi: The AIIMS here is unable to find the required number of volunteers for the phase-3 trial of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, with officials saying people are unwilling to participate in the exercise thinking why take part in a trial when a vaccine would be available soon for everybody.The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital is one of the sites conducting the final phase of the trial of the vaccine, "Covaxin", and it needs around 1,500 volunteers for the purpose.Covaxin has been indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)."We wanted 1,500-2,000 participants but so far, we have been able to recruit only around 200 participants..

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