Thiruvananthapuram: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava has said interim results of the ongoing clinical trials indicated that the indigenous Covid-19 vaccines would be effective against the mutated virus strains reported from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.
A paper on Covaxin’s neutralisation potential against the UK strain has been accepted for publication, he said here on Thursday while addressing an international webinar “Kerala Health: Making the SDG A Reality,”organised by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Kerala.
In the case of the variants from South Africa and Brazil, efforts were on to isolate the mutated virus strains from the samples collected from travellers from these two countries, he said.
The official said the third clinical trial of Covaxin BB152 had been completed as all the 25,800 volunteers involved in the exercise had been administered both the doses.
“The interim…