Oxford Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University, which would be manufactured by Serum Institute of India, began at a medical college in Pune on a set of volunteers for the vaccine against novel coronavirus.The phase-II clinical trial started at the Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday, with two volunteers being administered the Covishield vaccineAmong these healthy volunteers are a 48-year-old doctor and a 32-year-old PhD holder in statistics who works in a private firm.Till now, five volunteers have been given a dose of the 'Covishield' vaccine since Wednesday.
These include two females and a male apart from the Pune doctor and the academician.Here are the major updates on Oxford Covid-19 vaccine 'Covishield'.