New Delhi, July 11: The vaccine for COVID-19 can be expected only by early next year, a parliamentary panel was informed on Friday.
The panel which is chaired by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, saw six other members in attendence for the meeting. This was the first meeting of the panel since the country wide lockdown to curb the novel coronavirus outbreak was imposed on March 25.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs is scheduled to meet on July 15.
On July 2, the Indian Council of Medical Research in a statement had announced that it would partner with Bharat Biotech International Limited to fast-track clinical trials of the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine (BBV152 COVID Vaccine).
In an official statement, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava stated that ICMR aims to launch the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by August 15.
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