Now, Covaxin to be tested on toddlers as young as 2 years

Covaxin will now also be tested on infants as young as two years, Bharat Biotech chairman and managing director Dr Krishna Ella said on Monday. “…We are now planning a clinical trial on children between two and 15 years. We are going to submit (proposal) to SEC (subject expert committee) soon for that,” Ella said during a virtual interaction with reporters. Pointing out that Covaxin is an inactivated virus vaccine based on a tried and tested vero cell platform that has been used for multiple vaccines, he said: “The injectable polio vaccine we have given to a newborn baby… it’s a proven platform and the safest to give to children.”

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