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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Private Limited Partnered with Gavi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the manufacture & Delivery of COVID-19 vaccines for India?
A
SII
B
COVAX
C
Sun Pharma
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -COVAXIN - India’s First Indigenous Covid-19 Vaccine | Bharat Biotech.

Detailed explanation-2: -Both COVISHIELD™ (manufactured by Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd) and COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca (manufactured by AstraZeneca) are ChAdOx1 nCoV- 19 Corona Virus Vaccines (Recombinant).

Detailed explanation-3: -Developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV), COVAXIN™ (BBV152) is India’s first indigenous, whole-virion, inactivated vaccine for the treatment of the highly infectious disease Covid-19.

Detailed explanation-4: -The collaboration between Gavi, SII, and the Gates Foundation supports the efforts of the ACT Accelerator’s vaccines pillar, also known as COVAX, co-led by Gavi, CEPI and the World Health Organization (WHO), to accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines and ensure rapid, global access to them.

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