ICMR signs MoAs for strengthening clinical research ecosystem
This initiative is a crucial step towards establishing India as a leader in the clinical development of pharmaceutical agents, it added.
More than 84.50 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and Union Territories so far and nearly 21 lakh doses are in the pipeline, the Union health ministry said on Monday.
Over 4.74 crore balance and unutilised vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs for inoculation, it said.
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As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the government has been supporting the states and UTs by providing them COVID-19 vaccines free of cost, the ministry said.
In the new phase of the universalisation of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, the Union government will procure and supply for free 75 per cent of the vaccines being produced in the country to states and UTs.
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