Human trial stage of vaccine 'marks beginning of the end' of Covid-19: Govt

As India races to bring a vaccine for Covid-19 by mid August, the government on Sunday said that it was entering the human trial stage which "marks the beginning of the end".

Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Zydus Cadila's ZyCov-D vaccine are India's own efforts to bring a vaccine for this pandemic. Along with the two Indian efforts, the world over, 11 out of 140 vaccine candidates have entered the human trial phase.

The government also said that six Indian companies were working on a vaccine for Covid-19.

Allaying speculations about India's ability, the Ministry of Science and Technology said, "In