Human clinical trials for Covid-19 vaccine begin in different sites

The health ministry on Tuesday said the rate of growth in daily Covid-19 cases had declined to 3.24% in July, from over 31% in March, even as India crossed the 900,000-mark for Covid cases.

Indian Council of Medical Research Chief Balram Bhargava said human trials of vaccine had begun in different sites, and each of which will do clinical testing of vaccine on 1,000 volunteers. “Sixty per cent of vaccines supplied in the world are of Indian origin...Any vaccine produced in any part of the world will have to be scaled up by India or China...We are putting all our efforts to fast track the vaccine,” he said.

The health ministry on Tuesday said the rate of growth in daily Covid-19 cases had declined to 3.24 per cent in July, from over 31 per cent