Covid-19 Vaccine: May be ready in India by August, CM Rao told PM

New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Covid-19 vaccine could be ready in Hyderabad by July-August. He made the remarks in a video conference with PM Modi on Monday.

This will help change the situation if the vaccine becomes available. Bharat Biotech has recently informed the CM that work is underway on the Covid-19 vaccine. Some other companies are also involved in the exercise.

It may be recalled that the government had imposed a ban on railway traffic to stop the Corona. He said there was a risk of the virus spreading through train traffic as some passengers may be infected with the corona or has mild symptoms of the virus. The CM said in the meeting that the effects of corona virus have been seen in most of the major cities of the country.

In view of this, there should be no train traffic. Highlighting the impact of the corona virus on the state's economic situation, Rao demanded the Union government to fix the debts of the state governments increase the FRBM limit and allow migrant workers to return to their home states.