As Delta Plus Variant Identified, Changes To India’s Trials Policy Could Help

Serum/AZ COVID-19 Vaccine Interval Could Be Revised

As a new Delta plus variant is identified, India’s exemption of bridging trials for imported COVID-19 vaccines could help speed up immunization efforts. The urgency to fully immunize individuals could also prompt a reduction in the interval between Serum/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine doses

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Policy Flexibility Is The Need Of The Hour As Coronavirus Changes It Colors

As if the Delta variant wasn’t enough, a Delta plus variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been recently identified and while it’s only causing the scientific community to take note as of now, it could soon cause governments across the world to hasten their immunization efforts.

On 13 June, clinician and scientist at Delhi's CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Vinod Scaria tweeted "One of the emerging variants is B.1.617.2.1 also known as AY.1 characterized...

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