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India will get coronavirus vaccine by 2020 end, says Harsh Vardhan https://ift.tt/2YsXWpr

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that India will have its first coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year 2020. He said that a Covid-19 vaccine is likely in the next 4-5 months. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that one of the three Covid-19 vaccine candidates has entered the third phase of the pre-clinical human trial.

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