Published 22:23 IST, September 20th 2020
Three vaccine candidates in different stages of clinical trial: Vardhan
The government is giving all necessary support for development of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the country and three vaccine candidates are in different phases of clinical trial, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Parliament on Sunday.
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government is giving all necessary support for development of a vaccine against vel coronavirus in country and three vaccine candidates are in different phases of clinical trial, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Parliament on Sunday.
Replying to a discussion in Lok Sabha on coronavirus pandemic, Health Minister said re are 13,000 quarantine centres in country with over 6 lakh beds.
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"Yesterday (Saturday), we did 12 lakh tests in country," Vardhan said. He ted that when pandemic began, re were a few testing laboratories in country but w India has capacity to conduct 10 lakh tests a day.
"Three vaccine candidates are in different sts of clinical trial," Vardhan informed.
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He said India h geared up to deal with pandemic before World Health Organization h cautioned world about vel coronavirus on January 30. He said Centre h issued an visory on it on January 17.
22:23 IST, September 20th 2020