Transparency critical in coronavirus vaccine trials: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

She says, after healthcare workers, the military, the police and anyone who is on the frontlines, teachers and the young working class, should be given the vaccines

Mumbai: Administering a vaccine to all Indians for Covid-19 when it becomes available is a “complex ask”, and needs infrastructure such as cold-chain technologies and logistics, and specialised human resources including nurses, doctors and medical students, says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, executive chairperson of Biocon.

After healthcare workers, the military, the police and anyone who is on the frontlines, teachers and the young working class--not the elderly and the vulnerable--should be given the vaccines, so they can get back to work & get the economy to be resurgent, Shaw adds.

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