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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya met World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Saumya Swaminathan to discuss the WHO’s approval for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.
According to the reports, Chief Scientist Saumya Swaminathan discussed the various aspects of the current Covid-19 pandemic among other issues. All documents required for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) have been submitted by Bharat Biotech for Covaxin to the World Health Organization (WHO) as of July 9 and the review process by the global health body has commenced.
Swaminathan also met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Jitendra Singh and discussed issues related to the pandemic. The Minister told her that with the personal intervention and day-to-day personal monitoring by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has undertaken the fastest and the largest vaccination drive against Covid-19.
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