Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan says Corona vaccine likely be available in country by January 2021
TNN Bureau. Updated: 10/25/2020 11:35:21 AM
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New Delhi: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has expressed hope that Covid-19 vaccine will be made available in the country by January next year.
Speaking at a programme on DD News, Dr Vardhan said there are three vaccine candidates in India, out of which one is at the advanced stage of clinical trial of phase-3. The other two vaccine candidates, which are in clinical trial of phase-2, one has recently entered the third phase trial. Dr Vardhan also said, if the preparations in this regard made so far progress well then 400 to 500 million doses of the Covid vaccine will be available in the country before June and July of next year.
Dr Harsh Vardhan also appealed to the people to follow Covid appropriate behaviour to check the spread of virus in view of the coming festive seasons.