The PGI administration has claimed that Mycobacterium W (MW) vaccine, a drug used to treat leprosy, has been tried on 6 patients which delivered positive results. Health officials of the institute also claim that patients who needed oxygen during the corona treatment had improved significantly by injecting 0.3 mL of the MW vaccine.
As per the reports of the PGI authorities, the doctors used this medicine on the patients for three consecutive days and it was found that the use of vaccine on the patient is safe and positive.
It is to be noted here that last week PGI Chandigarh was selected by the Indian government for a clinical trial of Coronavirus vaccine. The Council of Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) approved a clinical trial of the vaccine Mycobacterium W (MW) on coronavirus patients used in leprosy.
Prof Dr Jagat Ram, Director PGI, has further informed that a team of doctors is running a trial of vaccine and sooner it will be tried on a large number of patients.