Covid-19 vaccine development, which is purportedly deemed as the world's first coronavirus vaccine to launch as early as mid-August, Indian government today acknowledged Russia's success in its early phases of developing a vaccine.The Indian Medical Research Institute (ICMR)'s director general Balram Bhargava today said, "Russia has fast tracked a vaccine which has been successful in its early phases.
They have fast tracked its development."Speaking at the press briefing, Balram also mentioned the success of China in speeding up the process of its Covid-19 vaccine programme and studies with that vaccine in the country.