Pakistan approves trial of Covid 19 vaccine on humans

Islamabad (18-Aug-) Pakistan has approved the testing of the Covid 19 vaccine on humans. According to a BBC report, Pakistan has approved the testing of the Corona vaccine on humans. Pakistan is working on a joint development of the vaccine. The Drug Regulatory Authority has authorized human testing of the vaccine.

These trials are being monitored at the National Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad and at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences at Karachi University. Aga Khan University Hospital, Shaukat Khanum and Indus Hospital are also part of the pilot experiment. The Indus Hospital doctor said the vaccine was tested in a laboratory before the clinical trial and tested on animals in the second phase.

According to him, in the third phase, it will be tested on human basis. Healthy volunteers are selected for the test for which there is publicity. After that, volunteers are selected from them and they are vaccinated against the test. First a few people are tried, then the number is increased to hundreds and then thousands of people are tested to find out what the results of this vaccine are and whether it has any side effects.

The volunteers involved in the trial are not usually hospitalized; they come to the hospital every other day or week where their blood samples and other tests are taken to see how effective the vaccine or medicine is. It should be noted that at present there is a clear decrease in corona cases in Pakistan.