All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi will commence the second dose trial of Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, for children aged 2-6 years.
According to ANI reports, sources on Thursday revealed that as part of its COVID-19 vaccination trials for children, Bharat Biotech is likely to administer the second phase dose of Covaxin to children aged between 2 and 6 years next week.
Sources also revealed that the children, in the above-mentioned age group, have already received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
AIIMS Delhi is one of the trial centres for the vaccine for those below 18 years. The sources added that the second dose of Covaxin has already been administered to children in the age group of 6-12 years at AIIMS, Delhi.
Additionally, the results of the clinical trials are expected to come in one month after the completion of trials of all age groups. The trial is being conducted in three phases by segregating children into categories according to their age.
The first trial was started in the age group of 12-18 years followed by the age group of 6-12 years and 2-6 years which are currently undergoing trials.
Recently, the Centre informed the Delhi High Court those clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines for children under 18 years of age were to get completed soon.