War against Covid-19: India starts work for vaccine, scientists burn midnight oil
In its big fight against the dreaded Covid-19 virus, India’s premier institute for developing vaccines, the National Institute of Immunology (NII), has formed a core team of ten topmost scientists from different streams to begin its most challenging project, to develop a vaccine for treating the virus which has devastated the world.
"It’s the toughest challenge of my career… we are working round the clock in finding an answer to treat this dreaded disease. The work for vaccine has started, mandatory clearances will follow," said Dr Amulya K Panda, NII’s Director, and the country’s leading scientist who contributed in developing several life-saving vaccines.
