Oxford vaccine's trial to start at Mumbai's KEM Hospital

    Mumbai, Sep 25 (PTI) The government-run KEM Hospital
here on Saturday will administer, as part of human trial,
Oxford University's Covishield vaccine for coronavirus to
three persons, said hospital Dean Dr Hemant Deshmukh.
    "We have screened 13 persons so far including 10
today, of which three will get the first shot of Oxford
University-AstraZeneca developed Covishield vaccine on
Saturday," he said.
    Another person will get placebo as part of the
standard testing procedure, he added.
    KEM is the first hospital in Mumbai where human trials
of the vaccine, being manufactured in the country by Pune-
based Serum Institute of India, will begin on Saturday. PTI ND
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