Once the COVID vaccine is developed, countries like India need to plan on who will get access to it first. The frontline health workers, those with co-morbidities, the economically backward section, or a completely different set?
Biocon Limited, has received the Drug Controller General of India’s (DCGI) approval to market ‘Itolizumab,’ a drug previously used to treat chronic plaque psoriasis, for restricted emergency use on COVID-19 patients.
The world's cheapest vaccine, the world's first vaccine for zika virus, and a series of patents--Bharat Biotech has given humankind several breakthroughs in the field of medical science.
In India, seven people who have returned from China have displayed mild symptoms of this virus; Kerala health ministry reports that they have been kept under observation.
Bihar’s immunisation cold chain network runs on 1,946 working cold chain equipment installed across 654 vaccine stores and cold chain points. But it is the women and men who handle and deliver the vaccines who have contributed to the vaccination in the state.