Vaccine production begins in India

Mr. Adar C. Poonawalla

  

                                               

Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla

An experiment discovered by Oxford University in the United Kingdom is being hailed as a "landmark moment" in the fight against coronavirus. As a result, those who have the ability to resist coronavirus can return to normal life. Meanwhile, the woman who received the first vaccine in Europe said that she is healthy after spreading rumors of death. India will also start making this vaccine from May.

Scientists at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom came up with the title after testing their own vaccines in humans. This time they have invented a test method that can detect the ability of the human body to resist coronavirus. Scientists at the University of Oxford will conduct the test as part of a Mass Rapid Testing Consortium approved by the UK government.
They called it a landmark moment in the case of the Immunity Test. Scientists at the consortium say 10,00,000 pinprick test kits will be available by June at a cost of 10 pound each, and that by 2021, 50 million people could be tested for immunity.

This test will be done with a small sample of blood. Test results will be available in just 20 minutes. The tests will produce results by analyzing the blood of infected patients. Even those who have no symptoms will be detected by this test. Jonathan Ellis, head of the testing consortium, said on Sunday.Now the question is how to increase its production process.An official source said it could be a game changer - a groundbreaking moment to prevent the virus from returning more strongly.

Meanwhile, the female doctor who was the first in Europe to receive the Oxford vaccine said she was OK.
Recently there were rumors that he had died. Dismissing the rumors, Dr. Alyssa Granato announced her recovery. The BBC's health correspondent Fergus Walsh has confirmed the matter. "Alyssa Granato is fine, she's healthy," he said. He also had a few minutes of Skype chat with Granato on Sunday morning.
Granato said he had online chats with his family members, and assured them that they would not panic if they saw the news of his death anywhere. Incidentally, rumors of his death spread from a website on Saturday.

Oxford vaccine testing in the UK has come a long way. Preparations for the vaccine began in India before it was a complete success. Because, Pune Seram Institute is not willing to wait any longer. They are already preparing for the corona vaccine. The coronavirus vaccine is now being tested in humans in Oxford, UK. His first test was on April 23. Since then, the Seram Institute in Pune, Maharashtra has decided that they will not wait until the test for the vaccine is successful.
Preparations will be done before that. The Oxford Consortium, which is developing the vaccine, is one of the seven institutions in the world to be associated with the Seram Institute in India. The scientists of this institute in Pune are also constantly working with the researchers of Oxford. Adar Punawala, CEO of Seram Institute, said, ‘Our team has started working with Dr. Hill, an expert from Oxford University.

We expect that it will be possible to start vaccine production in the next 2 to 3 weeks. After that we will be able to produce 5 million doses in the first six months. After that, we hope to increase the capacity to produce 10 million doses of corona vaccine per month. ' "The cost of the vaccine in India will be Rs 1,000," he said. This includes our costs.
It has also been kept in mind so that people can buy the vaccine. However, the price may be higher abroad. The MMR vaccine is ten times more expensive in the UK than in India. The vaccine will be manufactured at the Pune plant. For that, the corona vaccine will be made by stopping the production of all other vaccines. They are also investing 150 million for it.

Source: TOI, Evening Standard.