As a COVID-19 vaccine is for all age groups, putting in place an innovative delivery platform in time is a mustEveryone eagerly asks: will we get a COVID-19 vaccine this year or only next year? An inactivated coronavirus vaccine was created by Hyderabad’s Bharat Biotech. Also Read Coronavirus | Vaccine panel mulls early accessPune’s Serum Institute of India (SII) is testing Oxford University-AstraZeneca’s vaccine using a Trojan horse approach — spiking chimpanzee adenovirus type 5 with coronavirus spike glycoprotein genes. A practical method is vaccination camps, supervised by a medical officer, staffed by health management and local government, and having the list of people who need vaccination. The vaccine regulatory agency should take a call on the special question of vaccine safety during pregnancy.

Source: The Hindu August 12, 2020 18:32 UTC