India's Covaxin found to neutralise 617 variant of COVID-19: Dr Fauci
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Updated : Apr 28, 2021, 1:24 pm IST
'So, despite the real difficulty that we're seeing in India, vaccination could be a very, very important antidote against this,' Fauci added
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (AP)
Washington: Covaxin, India's home-grown COVID-19 vaccine, has been found to neutralise the 617 variant of the deadly virus, White House chief medical adviser and America's top pandemic expert Dr Anthony Fauci said.
Fauci was speaking to reporters during a conference call on Tuesday.
"This is something where we're still gaining data on a daily basis. But the most recent data, was looking at convalescent Sera of COVID-19 cases and people who received the vaccine used in India, the Covaxin. It was found to neutralise the 617 variants," he said.