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The world is waiting for its first coronavirus vaccine which has passed all the parameters set by the World Health and Organisation (WHO) and in that race India is one of the leading countries in development of a vaccine, Serum Institute of India (SII) is at the forefront in the battle against the disease. Now, Dr Suresh Jadhav, executive director of the Serum Institute of India has said that the country might get the vaccine by March 2021.
As per the report by Indian Express, he was speaking at the India Vaccine Accessibility e-Summit. Jadhav also stated that SII will be ready with 60-70 million doses of vaccines by December 2020, but that will come in the market in 2021 after the clearance of licencing.
On October 13, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had also said that they are expecting COVID-19 vaccine to be available from early next year. Speaking during the Group of Ministers meeting, he said that there is a possibility that the vaccine will be available from more than one source.
