Even as scientists and drug makers all over the world race against time to find a safe vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, said that daily that India’s first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, COVAXIN, could be available by the end of this year. Recently, it was reported that the Oxford’s COVID-19, dubbed Covishield in India, is likely to be the first shots available for Indians by the end of 2020 if trials succeed.

Apart from the COVAXIN jointly developed by Bharat Biotech and ICMR, the Zydus Cadila’ ZyCoV-D vaccine and Oxford-AstraZeneca’s candidate being produced by the Serum Institute of India are being tested across the country. According to the report, the government is considering an initial order of about 50 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccine for certain groups of people such as frontline workers and army personnel.

Even as scientists and drug makers all over the world race against time to find a safe vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, said that daily that India’s first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, COVAXIN, could be available by the end of this year. Recently, it was reported that the Oxford’s COVID-19, dubbed Covishield in India, is likely to be the first shots available for Indians by the end of 2020 if trials succeed.

Apart from the COVAXIN jointly developed by Bharat Biotech and ICMR, the Zydus Cadila’ ZyCoV-D vaccine and Oxford-AstraZeneca’s candidate being produced by the Serum Institute of India are being tested across the country. According to the report, the government is considering an initial order of about 50 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccine for certain groups of people such as frontline workers and army personnel.