Several insiders declined to comment on the ministers and IPS officers being administered the vaccine.
Dr K M Srinivas Murthy, Director of VIMSRC, said that the trial is anonymised, which means that Vydehi does not have access to the volunteer list.
“That information is held by ICMR. We do not know details about who is coming to be vaccinated,” he said.
Shortage of volunteers
Dr Naidu said the trial run seeks a total of 26,000 volunteers across 25 sites, as per a requirement set out by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The trial’s first dose of Phase III trials was administered on Dec 1 and the second one will be given on Dec 30.