Oxford said the UK health regulator approved resuming the trials after review of the safety data triggered a pause on 6 September. It declined to disclose details about the participant’s illness.
DCGI's Dr V G Somani Friday also directed SII to increase the safety monitoring of the subjects already vaccinated as part of the trial, and submit the plan and report.
Suspension of the trial is a routine action whenever there is a potentially unexplained illness to ensure we maintain integrity of trials, AstraZeneca says.
Oxford University and AstraZeneca tested its Covid vaccine — ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 543 — on 543 healthy adults. The results are promising. But we may need yearly booster doses.
Oxford vaccine is under Phase II/III trials in multiple countries, where many have been given the vaccine & are being followed up with — a process that consumes time, but is standard.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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