Coronavirus vaccine update: FIR against Ramdev, Patanjali for coronil drug
The total
number of coronavirus cases across the world has crossed the
10-million mark and the death toll has gone past 500,000. There currently are
over 100 vaccines at various stages of development worldwide, including in
India, Britain, China, the US, Russia and Israel.
Dr Soumya
Swaminathan, the chief scientist at WHO, said nearly 2 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine would be ready by the
end of next year. But who would be the first to get a Covid-19 vaccine?
Probably people in the country where the first effective vaccine is developed.
Thus, there's pressure from governments on pharmaceutical companies and
scientists to come up with a vaccine as soon as possible. Last week, WHO said
UK-based AstraZeneca was leading the vaccine race while US-based pharmaceutical
major Moderna was not far behind. Read More
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