New Delhi (SunstarTV Bureau): On the process to boost the mass vaccination drive against the COVID-19 across India, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has given the approval to conduct a study on mixing of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines.
Currently, the clinical study and trial will be conducted by Christian Medical College in Vellor, informed DCGI.
According to study process, a person can be given two different vaccine shots, one each of Covishield and Covaxin to be fully vaccinated against the Corona infection, instead of the existing practice of administering duo shots of the same vaccine.
For conducting of this study of mixing twin vaccine, a Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on July 29 was recommended. The expert committee recommended granting permission to CMC, Vellore, for conducting the Phase-4 clinical trial which may conduct the study on 300 healthy volunteers by administered a dose of each of Covaxin and Covishield.
However, the DCGI’s approval for the study on mixing the vaccines is different from the recent study of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) which concluded that combining two different shots is safe and effective.
