HOUSTON: India’s deployment of Covid-19 vaccines in collaboration with world-leading institutions has “rescued the world” from the deadly coronavirus and the country’s contributions should not be underestimated, according to a North American scientist. American.
India is called the world pharmacy during the Covid-19 pandemic with its extensive experience and deep knowledge in medicine. The country is one of the largest drug manufacturers in the world and a growing number of countries have already approached it to obtain coronavirus vaccines.
Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston during a recent webinar, said the two mRNA vaccines may not affect low- and middle-income countries of the world, but India’s vaccines, made in collaboration with universities around the world like BCM and Oxford University, have “rescued the world” and their contributions should not be underestimated.
During the webinar, “Covid-19: Vaccination and Possible Return to Normalcy: If and When,” Dr. Hotez, an internationally recognized physician-scientist on tropical diseases and abandoned vaccine development, said the vaccine launch Covid-19 is “India” gift “to the world in the fight against the virus.
India’s drug regulator authorized emergency use in Covishield, produced by Pune’s Serum Institute of India, after obtaining a license from British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Covaxin, jointly developed by scientists from Bharat Biotech based in Hyderabad and scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research.
The seminar was organized by the Greater Houston Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACCGH).
“This is a very special thing and I see it for myself because I am in weekly teleconferences with our colleagues in India, make a recommendation, and in a few days it is done and not only done, but done well, with incredible rigor and thought. creativity, “said Dr. Hotez, who stressed that he felt compelled to make this statement because “India’s great efforts in the fight against the global pandemic are a story that is not really coming out in the world.”
Dr. Hotez, considered the vaccination authority, is working on an affordable coronavirus vaccine in collaboration with Indian pharmaceutical companies.
There is growing evidence that vaccines not only “interrupt symptomatic disease and keep it out of the hospital,” but also interrupt asymptomatic transmission. However, the worrying news is that vaccines work well against variant B.1.1.7 in the UK, which is now accelerating across the US, but it doesn’t work as well against the variant coming out of South Africa.
All vaccines are likely to need reinforcement for two reasons: the durability of vaccine protection is unknown and an additional immune response more adapted to the South African variant is created.
The Consul General of India in Houston, Aseem Mahajan, along with a prominent group of doctors participated in this webinar, which monitored the chances of returning to normalcy due to the rapid deployment of vaccines across the country.
Thanking Dr. Hotez for congratulating India’s efforts to get vaccines in the world, Consul General Mahajan said, “In line with our tradition of sharing with the world, India has exported vaccines to many countries around the world. “.
India has provided 56 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines with aid to several countries. Vaccines were sent to Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles.
There has also been a boost in collaborative medical collaborations that arose between the United States and India during this pandemic. In addition, India is one of the fourth destinations in Asia for the manufacture of medical devices and many American companies have expressed interest in collaborating on this front, Mahajan said.
IACCGH Founding Secretary and Executive Director Jagdip Ahluwalia said that “India’s response to the Covid crisis, as Dr Hotez acknowledged, is in line with the House’s vision. beginning, 21 years ago, India would be a future global player in key areas such as technology, medicine, manufacturing and international trade. This belief has been demonstrated time and time again, especially in the last decade. ”
House Speaker Tarush Anand expressed pride that India has met this global challenge by leveraging the brilliance of its scientific community and extensive manufacturing capabilities in the most efficient way to help the world recover. of a deadly pandemic.
Describing vaccines as “one of the highest expressions of science in the pursuit of humanitarian goals,” the head and moderator of radiation oncology, Dr. Vivek Kavadi, noted that more than 28 million people had contracted the virus in the United States and more than half a million Americans had died tragically. . Lives and business had been turned upside down, but progress on the vaccine front has been one of the reasons for cautious optimism.
So far more than 73 million doses of vaccine have been administered, 15% of the population has received 1 dose, while 7% have received both doses, Dr. Kavadi said.
India is called the world pharmacy during the Covid-19 pandemic with its extensive experience and deep knowledge in medicine. The country is one of the largest drug manufacturers in the world and a growing number of countries have already approached it to obtain coronavirus vaccines.
Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston during a recent webinar, said the two mRNA vaccines may not affect low- and middle-income countries of the world, but India’s vaccines, made in collaboration with universities around the world like BCM and Oxford University, have “rescued the world” and their contributions should not be underestimated.
During the webinar, “Covid-19: Vaccination and Possible Return to Normalcy: If and When,” Dr. Hotez, an internationally recognized physician-scientist on tropical diseases and abandoned vaccine development, said the vaccine launch Covid-19 is “India” gift “to the world in the fight against the virus.
India’s drug regulator authorized emergency use in Covishield, produced by Pune’s Serum Institute of India, after obtaining a license from British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Covaxin, jointly developed by scientists from Bharat Biotech based in Hyderabad and scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research.
The seminar was organized by the Greater Houston Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACCGH).
“This is a very special thing and I see it for myself because I am in weekly teleconferences with our colleagues in India, make a recommendation, and in a few days it is done and not only done, but done well, with incredible rigor and thought. creativity, “said Dr. Hotez, who stressed that he felt compelled to make this statement because “India’s great efforts in the fight against the global pandemic are a story that is not really coming out in the world.”
Dr. Hotez, considered the vaccination authority, is working on an affordable coronavirus vaccine in collaboration with Indian pharmaceutical companies.
There is growing evidence that vaccines not only “interrupt symptomatic disease and keep it out of the hospital,” but also interrupt asymptomatic transmission. However, the worrying news is that vaccines work well against variant B.1.1.7 in the UK, which is now accelerating across the US, but it doesn’t work as well against the variant coming out of South Africa.
All vaccines are likely to need reinforcement for two reasons: the durability of vaccine protection is unknown and an additional immune response more adapted to the South African variant is created.
The Consul General of India in Houston, Aseem Mahajan, along with a prominent group of doctors participated in this webinar, which monitored the chances of returning to normalcy due to the rapid deployment of vaccines across the country.
Thanking Dr. Hotez for congratulating India’s efforts to get vaccines in the world, Consul General Mahajan said, “In line with our tradition of sharing with the world, India has exported vaccines to many countries around the world. “.
India has provided 56 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines with aid to several countries. Vaccines were sent to Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles.
There has also been a boost in collaborative medical collaborations that arose between the United States and India during this pandemic. In addition, India is one of the fourth destinations in Asia for the manufacture of medical devices and many American companies have expressed interest in collaborating on this front, Mahajan said.
IACCGH Founding Secretary and Executive Director Jagdip Ahluwalia said that “India’s response to the Covid crisis, as Dr Hotez acknowledged, is in line with the House’s vision. beginning, 21 years ago, India would be a future global player in key areas such as technology, medicine, manufacturing and international trade. This belief has been demonstrated time and time again, especially in the last decade. ”
House Speaker Tarush Anand expressed pride that India has met this global challenge by leveraging the brilliance of its scientific community and extensive manufacturing capabilities in the most efficient way to help the world recover. of a deadly pandemic.
Describing vaccines as “one of the highest expressions of science in the pursuit of humanitarian goals,” the head and moderator of radiation oncology, Dr. Vivek Kavadi, noted that more than 28 million people had contracted the virus in the United States and more than half a million Americans had died tragically. . Lives and business had been turned upside down, but progress on the vaccine front has been one of the reasons for cautious optimism.
So far more than 73 million doses of vaccine have been administered, 15% of the population has received 1 dose, while 7% have received both doses, Dr. Kavadi said.