In yet another controversy over India's covid-19 vaccine, a press release from the department of science and technology says that it is unlikely to be ready for mass use before 2021. The reference was deleted later. This came days after Indian Council for Medical Research urged all that the Bharat Biotech vaccine should be ready for launch for public health use by August 15. ICMR later clarified that it was seeking to cut red tape and not get around safety measures.
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