Development comes amid talks the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is holding with Moderna to manufacture the American biotech firm’s vaccine in India.
Mande says current talks are scientific, and once CSIR’s Hyderabad-based CCMB understands Moderna’s mRNA technology, it can produce the vaccine ‘within weeks’.
As of 25 January 2021, only about 56% of people eligible to get the shot have stepped forward in a nation with the world’s second-worst Covid-19 outbreak.
Most AEFIs reported were minor, such as fever or pain at the injection site. Only 11 people needed to be hospitalised, across six states and capital Delhi.
Novel coronavirus is a pathogen of a ‘mucosal’ organ, different to ‘systemic’ organs. Current vaccines are systemic, and can only reduce disease severity.
Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.
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