3 of 6 top vaccines in trials may work: Gates

A vaccine for Covid-19 is expected early next year and of the six leading ones which are undergoing trials probably three of them will work, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said asserting that India has a huge role to play in scaling up manufacturing for these.

Surojit Gupta ,
TNN

Published On Sep 16, 2020 at 06:39 AM IST

New Delhi: A vaccine for Covid-19 is expected early next year and of the six leading ones which are undergoing trials probably three of them will work, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said asserting that India has a huge role to play in scaling up manufacturing for these.

“If they succeed in their phase three, which is still underway, we want to be able to ramp up that manufacturing capacity,” Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation told TOI in a Skype interview .

Gates said India will play a major role in manufacturing these vaccines in high numbers as several companies in the country have the capacity to ramp up production.