While a row erupts over the hasty deadline, authorities say that the fast-tracking of trials of the two vaccines under development, COVAXIN and ZyCOV-D marks the “beginning of the end”. A report mentions:
“Now the nod given by the Drug Controller General of India, CDSCO (the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation) for the conduct of the human trial for the vaccines, marks the beginning of the end,”
Apart from this, the report which has been published on the official forum of India’s science ministry mentions that apart from the homegrown vaccines, India’s major vaccine production companies have also inked deals with leading vaccine firms, including the one produced by Moderna Inc. and AstraZeneca, which would help our country deal with the pandemic. With over 6,97,000 cases, India is on its way to becoming the 3rd worst affected nation in the world.