It was not easy for Mr Hebbar to convince his family to join what is essentially an altruistic - and potentially risky - trial.
In early October, he called up a hospital in Mumbai which was conducting the second and third phases of the trials. He was told that 55 people had volunteered for the six-month trial, but finding the remaining 45 in a planned 100-volunteer trial at the hospital was "becoming difficult".Next morning, he drove to the hospital where doctors took a blood sample and swabs for a Covid-19 test.
"It was a very smooth and painless process. I just felt a bit tired, possibly because I had been driving around the city a lot," Mr Hebbar said.
Islamophobia countries must support each other. boycottfrenchproduct