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sure that the conditions are met. date in India and elsewhere. neutralize the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) The adjuvant used in CO-
Expressing satisfaction over “Results from two studies of and B.1.617 (Delta) variants of VAXIN, Alhydroxiquim-II, was
the decline in positivity to less blood serum from people who SARS-CoV-2, first identified in discovered and tested in the lab-
than 1 per cent, with an over- had received COVAXIN sug- the United Kingdom and In- oratory by the biotech compa-
all fall inactive cases, the Chief gest that the vaccine gener- dia, respectively,” NIH said in a ny ViroVax LLC of Lawrence,
Minister noted that the positiv- ates antibodies that effectively statement. Kansas with support exclusively
ity rate in some districts still re- from the NIAID Adjuvant De-
mained over 1 per cent. Further, velopment Program, NIH said.
the finding of Delta plus variant The adjuvant comprises
was a matter of concern, mak- a small molecule attached in
ing it essential to continue with a unique way to Alhydrogel,
the curbs, he stressed. a substance frequently called
Meanwhile, the National In- alum that is the most common-
stitute of Health (NIH) in the ly used adjuvant in vaccines for
United States has found that people.
Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN “Ending a global pandem-
vaccine generates antibodies ic requires a global response,”
that effectively neutralize both said Anthony S. Fauci, direc-
Alpha and Delta variants of tor of the National Institute of
COVID-19. The top health re- Allergy and Infectious Diseas-
search institute said that an ad- es (NIAID), a part of NIH. “I
juvant developed with funding am pleased that a novel vac-
from the NIH has contributed to cine adjuvant developed in the
the success of the “highly effica- United States with NIAID sup-
cious” COVAXIN COVID-19 A healthcare worker holds a bottle containing doses of COVID-19 vaccine port is part of an efficacious
vaccine, which roughly 25 mil- at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Tuesday. (ANI) COVID-19 vaccine available to
lion people have received to people in India.”

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