The US is partnering with India to create a COVID-19 vaccine, President Donald Trump said Friday, praising Indian-Americans as great scientists and researchers.
I've just recently returned from India and we're working a lot with India and we have a huge Indian population in the U.S. and many of the people you're talking about are also working on the vaccine. Great scientist and researchers, he told reporters in the White House's Rose Garden as he launched a major plan to rapidly monitor coronavirus vaccine production before year-end.
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India is witnessing nearly 30 "attempts" to create vaccines, K. VijayRaghavan, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of the Country, said Friday at an online web conference.
"There are more than one hundred vaccines being produced worldwide and at least 30 attempts being made in India. These include efforts where India is participating among Indian academia and industry in global attempts and partnerships, "K. During the webinar organized by the Confederation for Indian Industry (CII) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Technology Development Board, VijayRaghavan said.