indigenous vaccine being developed by India and is one of the top priority projects which is being monitored at the topmost level of the Government.
The vaccine is derived from a strain of SARS-CoV-2 isolated by the ICMR-National Institute of virology. Pune- ICMR and BBIL are jointly working for the preclinical as well as clinical development of this vaccine," the letter read.A total of 12 institutes have been asked by the ICMR to fast track clinical trials of the vaccine as it is being considered the topmost priority projects which are being monitored by the government.India reported the highest ever single-day spike of 20,903 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.