Union Minister Jitendra Singh says under leadership of PM Narendra Modi, India developed four indigenous vaccines in just 2 years

Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh yesterday said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has developed four indigenous vaccines in just two years. He said, the Department of Biotechnology, DBT, through ‘Mission COVID Suraksha’, has delivered four vaccines, augmented the manufacturing of Covaxin, and created the necessary infrastructure for the smooth development of future vaccines. These vaccines are ZyCoV-D, CORBEVAX, GEMCOVAC, and iNCOVACC.

The Minister said this, after a high-level meeting with Secretary DBT Rajesh Gokhale and other senior officials in New Delhi yesterday, following the formal launch of the Intranasal COVID Vaccine. He pointed out that financial support for vaccine development, as well as, expert scientific and technical oversight and monitoring for various COVID-19 vaccine development activities, were provided under this Mission.

Dr Singh emphasised that ‘Mission COVID Suraksha’ also supported the augmentation of manufacturing facilities for enhancement of COVAXIN production at Bharat Biotech’s Malur facility and Indian Immunologicals Limited, Hyderabad.