India cases inch closer to 3 million, has the third-highest cases after the United States and Brazil. India will have a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus by the end of the year says health minister.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said one of the three Covid-19 vaccine candidates has entered the third phase of the pre-clinical human trial. According to VK Paul, head of the national task force on Covid-19, the vaccine candidate entering the third phase has yielded encouraging results in the initial phases of its trial. He said the other two vaccines are currently in Phase-I or II of their pre-clinical trials.
However, they did not reveal the names of the vaccines while sharing the status of their testing phase. While the officials did not reveal the names of the vaccine candidates while speaking about their testing phase, it could be gathered that the vaccine entering the third phase is Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, jointly developed with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
India cases inch closer to 3 million:
Some 2.2 million people have recovered from the disease in India since the first case was diagnosed in late January. India has the third-highest caseload after the United States and Brazil, and its 55,794 deaths give it the fourth-highest death toll in the world. Some 2.2 million people have recovered from the disease in India since the first case was diagnosed in late January.
India’s three vaccine candidates for Covid-19:
The developments on the vaccine came a day after the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration met five domestic vaccine manufacturers to review the clinical trial stages of these candidates. The manufacturers included two whose products are not yet in the clinical trial stage in India. Zydus Cadila had stated in the review meeting that it may be able to launch the vaccine by next year.
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