According to major foreign media such as Reuters on the 3rd (local time), the Indian Drug Administration (DCGI) at the briefing said, “The vaccine jointly developed by British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and Indian pharmaceutical company Barat Biotech and the state-run Indian Medical Research Committee together DCGI said, “AstraZeneca’s vaccine has an overall efficacy of 70.42%, while the in-house developed Baratbiotech’s vaccine provides a safe and powerful response.”
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AstraZeneca vaccine can be stored and delivered at a normal refrigerator temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, so there is no need for a’cold chain’ that maintains the temperature during distribution like other vaccines. The price is expected to be set at around $4 (about 4,400 won), which is the level of 10 minutes of other vaccines, which is considered advantageous for dissemination in developing countries.
Little is known about the clinical outcomes of the Baratbiotech vaccine, except that it was formulated in a traditional way using inactivated viruses. However, it is known that it is effective against the Corona 19 mutant virus from the UK. Earlier, Chairman of Biotech Krishna Ella Barat said, “Corona 19 was expected to have many mutant viruses,” and “Our vaccine using inactivated viruses has a mutant virus protection function.”
On that day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a message welcoming the authorities’ approval for the emergency use of the two vaccines. “All Indians will be proud of the fact that two vaccines approved for emergency use are produced in India,” Prime Minister Modi wrote on Twitter. AstraZeneca vaccine is being produced locally after participating in clinical trials by Serum Institute (SII) of India, which is known as the world’s largest vaccine company. In addition, Barat Biotech is working with the Indian Medical Research Council, which is run by the Indian government.
It is expected that large-scale vaccinations will begin in India next week as soon as the final approval by DCGI on that day. Accordingly, it is expected that the foundation for mass vaccination to suppress COVID-19 will be laid in India, the world’s second largest population.
According to the international statistics site World Omometer, 10,32,4631 people have been infected with Corona 19 so far in India, the second largest number in the world. The cumulative death toll reached 149471.
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