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New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, reviewed the current status of India’s efforts in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, drug discovery, diagnosis and testing.
He chaired a meeting of a task force on COVID-19 vaccine development.
The review by Prime Minister Narendra Modi took note of the extraordinary coming together of academia, industry and government, combined with speedy but efficient regulatory process, an official statement said.
Modi felt that such coordination and speed should be embedded into a standard operating procedure.
“He laid emphasis on what is possible in a crisis should be a part of our routine way of scientific functioning,” the statement said.
