File photo of Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan. New Delhi23 August 2020 16:30 ISTICMR in the process of developing an online vaccine portal which will provide information related to COVID-19 vaccine development in India and abroadUnion Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said that if everything goes well, India would get a vaccine against the novel coronavirus by the end of this year. Three COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including two indigenous ones, are in different phases of development in India. AdvertisingAdvertisingThe Serum Institute of India, which has partnered with AstraZeneca for manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford has been permitted for conducting its phase two and three human clinical trials in India. The idea behind making the updates available in regional languages is to make sure that every citizen is able to access the information.

Source: The Hindu August 23, 2020 10:52 UTC