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Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, ” 4 Covid-19 Vaccines Clinical Trials may Start in India.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that a clinical trial of 4 drugs could begin soon in India. He also pointed out that 14 vaccines of the coronavirus are in the works. During a social media interaction with BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao, he said that the trial could begin within the next 5 months.

“”100 and 45 vaccine applicants worldwide are under preclinical assessment, around 35 under clinical preliminaries. In India, we gave all help to 30 vaccine candidates – three of these are in cutting edge preliminaries of stages 1, 2, and 3. More than four in cutting edge phases of the pre-clinical preliminary,”” Harsh Vardhan said in the Lok Sabha during the COVID pandemic conversation.

He also listed a progression of steps taken to contain the spread of the viral disease and battle its pandemic.

“On January 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned the world about such malady. Be that as it may, we had begun work from January 8. By January 17, we had given an itemized health advisory warning and began the purpose of section observation and network surveillance. On January 30, when the first case in Quite a while was accounted for, specialists did 162 contact following,” he said. 

The health minister said 63.7 million tests were led in the nation, which is “presumably the most elevated on the planet.”

“Indeed, even today, 40 lakh people were held under network observation. Agreement following of more than one crore individuals was finished. Fifteen lakh people were screened at air terminals. When the primary case in Nepal was accounted for, 16 lakh people were screened on the fringe. From March 16 to March 23, the greater part of the states have forced halfway or complete lockdown,” he included. 

Harsh Vardhan said that the service of health and family government assistance had gotten Rs 893.93 crore from PM-CARES Fund for 50,000 made in India ventilators. The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) under the National Disaster Relief Fund made Rs 11,000 crore to all state governments wherein the State Disaster Management Funds could be utilized. 

He said there are 17,000 Covid-19 offices in the nation with almost 1.8 million beds, 13,000 isolate centers have 600,000 beds. To deal with a pandemic like this, later on, Harsh Vardhan said that work has begun under Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat in which Rs 65,000 crore bundle has been allotted. 

As indicated by the wellbeing service’s information till Sunday, India’s count of the COVID infection went past the 5.4 million imprints, and the loss of life rose to 86,752.

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