Trials of Mycobacterium w vaccine for coronavirus COVID-19 treatment to begin soon, says PGIMER Chandigarh

01:20:00 PM, Monday 27th of April 2020 | in miscellaneous

The researchers at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh on Sunday said that the Mycobacterium w (Mw) vaccine is not a vaccine for coronavirus COVID-19 and will be used only as an adjunct. It is to be noted that PGIMER, AIIMS Delhi and AIIMS Bhopal will jointly study the use of Mycobacterium w (heat-killed Mycobacterium indicus pranii) as adjunct to the treatment of COVID-19 patients.