ICMR developing portal for info on Covid-19 vaccine

NEW DELHI: The apex health research body, ICMR, is in the process of developing a vaccine portal which will provide information related to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine development in India and abroad, with majority of the updates in several regional languages in addition to English.

The aim of creating the portal is to provide all information and updates relating to the Covid-19 vaccine development at one platform as all the information in this regard is scattered as of now, Samiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at ICMR, told PTI.

The idea behind making the updates in regional languages is to make sure every citizen is able to access the information. The portal is likely to be functional by next week, Panda said.

The portal would be made operational in phases.

In India, three Covid-19 vaccine candidates, including two indigenous ones, are in different phases of clinical trials.