Two men, aged 32 and 48, were given the first shot of the `Covishield` vaccine, being manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), at Bharti Vidyapeeth`s Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday.
Vital health parameters of the two volunteers, who have been administered the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine candidate at a medical college in Pune as part of the phase II clinical trial, are normal, a senior official from the medical facility said on Thursday.
Two men, aged 32 and 48, were given the first shot of the `Covishield` vaccine, being manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), at Bharti Vidyapeeth`s Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday. The dose will be repeated after one month, an official said.
"Since yesterday, our medical team is in touch with the two volunteers and both are fine. They do not have any pain, fever, injection-side reaction or systemic illness post-vaccination," the medical college and hospital`s deputy medical director Dr Jitendra Oswal said.
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