Covid-19 Vaccine in India Latest Update: Today, PM Narendra Modi is going to have a meeting with the Chief Ministers of the states, whose issue will be the coronavirus. It is possible that there is also a discussion on what is the strategy of vaccination in the country and by when will the COVID vaccine reach the common people. At the moment, different companies have also talked about launching the vaccine in the market soon. Covaxin is expected to hit the market by March. At the same time, the covishield vaccine is likely to come in the market only by January. Other companies around the world have made similar claims, whose vaccine will come if they can be purchased in India.
Covaxine
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and private company Bharat Biotech are developing the Corona vaccine COVAXIN in the country. The trial of the third and final phase of this vaccine has started this month. This COVID 19 vaccine being produced domestically is expected to be launched by February or March. At the same time, it is expected that by the end of July, 20 to 25 crore people can also get its benefit in the country. The vaccine’s stage finale is scheduled to be completed by next month.
The country’s Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had informed that the final stage trial of covaxine is going on, which will be completed within 2 months. It is the most advanced experimental vaccine in India. This vaccine will be first delivered to those people who are at high risk. Then slowly the common people will be reached.
Kovishield
The Oxford vaccine being produced in the country has proved to be up to 70 percent effective in the Kovyshield trial. This vaccine is being developed in association with AstraZeneca. There is an agreement with the Serum Institute of India for its manufacture in India. Adar Poonawala of Serum Institute has said that we have come very close to supplying this vaccine at low cost across the world. He says that 10 crore doses of this vaccine will be made available by January. With this, there are plans to make millions more doses available by the end of February.
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Poonawala said that it will take about 2 to 3 months to get this vaccine available in India. But by January we will have at least 10 million doses available. At the same time, the government aims to provide 30 to 40 crore doses by July.
Moderna
Moderna’s vaccine may come on the market by April. Earlier it was claimed to come in the market by December. Currently, up to 94.5 per cent has proved effective in trial. Moderna Inc has stated that it will charge 25 to 37 dollars per dose (around Rs 1,854 to Rs 2,744) from governments for its vaccine candidate. The amount of vaccines that governments order, the price will also be decided based on that. The company has said that its vaccine candidate is 94.5% effective in stopping COVID-19. This has been said on the basis of interim data from the last stage clinical trial.
Booking 150 million doses
Good news is coming that India has made advance booking to buy more than 150 crore doses. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, India ranks third in terms of commitment to purchase the COVID-19 vaccine dose. The report is based on research by Duke University, named the Launch and Scale Speedometer Initiative. According to the Wall Street Journal, India is at number three in the countries with the highest number of vaccine purchase deals, America is at number one and European Union at number two. Let us know that for the elimination of Coronavirus, more than 150 companies around the world are making Corona vaccine.
Source: www.financialexpress.com
