Oct07,2020:The Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that it was expecting COVID-19 vaccine supplies to be available from early next year.
Addressing a press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said: “If all goes well, we are looking at vaccine supplies coming in the first quarter of next year. There is a digital platform that is being enhanced to track on real-time basis the vaccine movement, from procurement, storage to distribution and administration.” He added that discussions were under way on the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V.
Balram Bhargava, director-general, Indian Council of Medical Research, said their studies had found no benefit of plasma therapy.
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Dismissing reports of India having reached and crossed its COVID-19 peak, Mr. Bhushan said that with festival season round the corner, this was no time to lower the guard.
