CURRENT AFFAIRS

2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has launched the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine “Anocovax” for animals?
A
Mansukh Mandaviya
B
Parshottam Rupala
C
Narendra Singh Tomar
D
Mahendra Nath Pandey
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -COVAXIN®, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat Biotech is developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV).

Detailed explanation-2: -In December 2020, the UK became the first country in the world to approve this vaccine and began rolling out an initial 800,000 doses at the start of the month, and is now in use worldwide.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nanocovax is a Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC. It is a subunit vaccine (SARS‑CoV‑2 recombinant spike protein with aluminum adjuvant).

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