Russia, China, US fastracked their COVID-19 vaccine candidates: ICMR

Jul 14, 2020

New Delhi, Jul 14(ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research, DG Balram Bhargava during the press briefing of Health Ministry on July 14 informed that countries like Russia, China and United States have accelerated their vaccine programs. He said, “Russia has fastracked a vaccine which has been successful in its early phases. They have fastrakced its development. China has fastracked its vaccine programme and has also fastracked its studies with that vaccine in China. The US, as your read today, has fastracked two of its vaccine candidates. The UK is also looking at how it can fastrack it for human use.”