India's First COVID Vaccine Website that Gives Details on Launch and Other Info - ICMR Reveals!

According to a report published by Live Mint, India is likely to have a portal for vaccine related information. The portal is likely to be updated with all developments and progress being made in discovering the coronavirus vaccine.

India currently has three COVID-19 Vaccine candidates and all three of them are in clinical trials. Two of them which have been indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech and ICMT are in phase 2 trials. Further, the third vaccine is that of Oxford’s which is in the final advanced trials phase.

This portal is likely to have all information and regular updates in a week’s time, in several regional languages of India, including the official language English. The website will have information of those vaccines which are being developed outside India as well. Further, information regarding several other vaccines for other ailments will also be updated for public interest.

The World Health Organisation’s guidelines, and other announcements will also be updated in the portal in order to make it the one-stop destination for all vaccine related information.

Recently, a top ICMR official also announced that with the help of emergency authorisation being passed by the central government, India can process a vaccine faster. Adding to this, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has also said that the country can expect a vaccine by the end of 2020. He said, “One of our COVID-19 vaccine candidates is in the third phase of the clinical trial. We are very confident that a vaccine will be developed by end of this year.”

All information regarding this is also expected to be updated on the portal.