India's first corona vaccine to be launched on August 15, Bharat Biotech prepares

Posted on 3rd Jul 2020 by rohit kumar

The country is struggling with the Corona epidemic. Thousands of people are getting infected every day and many are losing their lives. Meanwhile, good news is coming. The Covaxin vaccine being prepared in India can be launched on 15 August. The company making this vaccine is preparing to launch Bharat Biotech Covaxin. During this period, clinical trials have been directed to be completed.

 

 

According to a letter issued by ICMR, enrollment for human trials will begin from July 7. After this, if all the trials are correct then it is expected that by August 15, the cocaine can be launched. India may first come into the biotech vaccine market. The Human Drug Controller (DCGI) has been approved for the human trial of this vaccine.

 

 

13 hospitals in the country, including AIIMS, have been asked to expedite clinical trials. So that this vaccine can be launched on a fixed day. Let us know that Bharat Biotech is the same company that has also made vaccines for polio, rotavirus, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, chikungunya, and Zika virus.

 

 

Significantly, so far in India, corona cases have crossed 6 lakh 20 thousand. In the last 24 hours, 6328 cases have been reported in Maharashtra, while 125 people have lost their lives. The total corona cases are increasing rapidly to 2 lakhs here. After this, 4343 new cases were registered in Tamil Nadu in one day and 57 people died. Here, the number of infected people is now very close to 1 lakh.

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