Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao communicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that state capital Hyderabad will likely have the Covid-19 vaccine by July- August.
He told this when PM convened a video conferencing on Monday with all State ministers.
Rao stated in the CMO release that he said: Attempts are made to produce the vaccine for coronavirus. There is a possibility that the vaccine would come from our country. Companies in Hyderabad are making lot of effort. There is a chance that the vaccine may be produced from Hyderabad between July-August. If the vaccine is available then it will mark a change in the situation.
According to the Mumbai Mirror report, Bharat Biotech conveyed to the CM that the work on attaining a Covid-19 vaccine is in progress, while other companies are also putting efforts to come up with a vaccine.
Researchers across the world are racing to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus. Oxford University, which has gotten permission to begin human trials last month, has also collaborated with India’s Serum Institute to come up with a vaccine.
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