Over 20 research institutes in India including the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune are working to develop a vaccine for the SARS-nCOV-2. The Indian government has received 7000 tech-based proposals from private companies and individuals from all over the country to fight COVID-19. The government is dealing with scaling up the production of ventilators and COVID-19 test kits to accelerating research for the development of a vaccine to fight SARS-nCOV-2. The government said a Mysuru-based firm is increasing its capacity to make more ventilators. They are working with DBT, DRDO, and NITI Ayog. India had less than 1 lakh intensive care unit and a bed ratio of 1:1000. In the case of mass, outbreak ventilators will play a crucial role in saving many lives. More than 45 potentially effective drugs against COVID-19 have been identified and research is ongoing. This research is also being shared with the international consortium, but in any case, the vaccine will take time.
Indian institutes working to find COVID-19 vaccine and portable ventilators
