With the Covid-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating, the top health expert has noted that scientists are working on the next generation of vaccines and the top health expert said there is a lot of space within the country to develop vaccines. Efforts are underway. Dr NK Arora President COVID-19 Working group NTAGI said, ‘The whole concept of this next generation vaccine is that we do not need to give repeated doses. The second is that if we do give a vaccine, it covers the prevalent virus and future viruses even better and the protection is longer.” ANI The report said.
Top health expert said that the next generation Vaccines The report said that people should have the ability to protect against future viruses and noted that some people are making strain-specific vaccines, some divalent or mixing two types of virus together or four types of virus together. Preparing to merge.
Speaking about the types of COVID-19 vaccines expected in future, Dr Arora said, “There are a lot of efforts going on within the country. Some people are making strain-specific vaccines; some are trying to create a divalent or blending of two types of virus or even mixing four types of virus together. So that there is any benefit to it, it may take some time.”
He further said that Indian companies and academia have accepted this challenge and more will be revealed in the next few months, highlighting that, “As I said, India has always been prepared to think ahead. is trying. So, are we talking about similar precautions for the next generation of vaccines. In line with other global efforts, Indian companies and academia have embraced this challenge and we should hear more about it in the next few months.”
In another development, India on Friday saw a slight decline in daily Covid-19 cases with the country registering 6,168 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. The country recorded 7,946 Covid-19 cases on Thursday. At present, there are 59,210 active cases in India. The death toll has risen to 5,27,932 with 21 new deaths in the last 24 hours.
According to the Health Ministry data, 9,685 Kovid patients have been cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cured people in the country to 4,38,55,365. Right now the recovery rate is 98.68 percent. Additionally, under the nationwide immunization drive, 22,40,162 doses of COVID vaccines were administered during this period, taking the total vaccine dose so far to 212.75 crore.
(with inputs from ANI)
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