May 14, 2021
It has sanctioned ₹300 crore from its Megafund initiative
The IIT Alumni Council has joined the race to develop a preventive vaccine for Covid-19, for which it has sanctioned an immediate ₹300 crore and expects to get an another ₹1,800 crore from its MegaFund initiative.
The vaccine stack – a two-dose vaccine which stops the spread of Covid-19 and prevents infection within a few days of the first dose – is said to be free of attenuated animal virus or deactivated Covid virus or virus fragments. The vaccine would be cold-chain preservation, a move that will further its reach to the key metros.
The IIT Alumni Council is the largest global body of alumni, students and faculty, spread across all the 23 IITs and partnering Technical Institutes of Excellence (TieNet).
âVaccine Scareâ To âVaccine Apartheidâ â Opposition Desperation Coming To The Fore
by Raju Bista - May 4, 2021 07:13 AM
Covid-19 Vaccination Drive
Snapshot
Despite the negative propaganda by vested interests, the vaccination drive took off at a brisk pace, thanks to a robust framework developed by the government and selfless healthcare workers.
In January 2021, when the Union government approved emergency use of Covaxin, Indiaâs first indigenously developed vaccine against Covid-19, the opposition parties came out all guns blazing against the approval.
Developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology, Covaxin represents the âNew Indiaâ, which can outcompete the best in the world.
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Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, is planning to start vaccine production in other countries as it struggles to fulfil supply obligations.