Between lab and jab: Miles to go before India has a Covid-19 vaccine

There is a reason why most of those involved in the race for a vaccine are studiously non-committal about a timeline

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Ruchika Chitravanshi & Sohini Das | New Delhi/Mumbai Last Updated at August 19, 2020 07:00 IST

The quest for a Covid-19 vaccine may have started in the laboratories but that’s only the start of a long process that involves the government and private sector working on the other issues that bridge the gap from lab to jab — from manufacturing and manpower to logistics and distribution priorities. That is why most of those involved in the race for a vaccine are studiously non-committal about a timeline.

The 2020-end deadline that is being bandied about in the public domain is purely speculative. Balram Bhargava, chief of Indian Council of Medical Research, in a ...

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Between lab and jab: Miles to go before India has a Covid-19 vaccine

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