Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday that 18-19 potential vaccines against novel coronavirus were in different stages of clinical trials, adding that vaccination of around 27 crore Indians above the age of 50 will begin three .
Mexico received a consignment of 870,000 doses of the Pune-made AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine from India on Sunday, the government of the Latin American country said.Mexico is the second Latin American country to get India-made vaccines .
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday that 1819 potential vaccines against novel coronavirus were in different stages of clinical trials adding that vaccination of around 27 crore Indians above the age of 50 will begin three weeks from now