Chiranjit Dhibar, an RSS worker and teacher working in West Bengal’s Durgapur will be the first person to participate in the human clinical trial of the COVID19 vaccine. Dhibar who is 30 years old has volunteered to participate for the human trials of COVAXIN developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Reports say that Mr. Dhibar applied to volunteer for the trials in April itself. On July 5, Dhibar received a call from ICMR’s Patna call centre that he has been selected for the clinical trial.
Mr. Dhibar confirmed the news on his Facebook page stating that the ideals of RSS inspired him to donate his body for the country.
He will be heading for Odisha in the coming days to receive the antigen of the attenuated virus.
A total of 1125 volunteers will participate in the two phase study.