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EFFORTS IMPACTING
COVID MITIGATION
The efforts made by various agencies, apex bodies, domain institutions, and so on, who are working in the STI ecosystem towards meeting the requirements posed due to the pandemic are compiled here for the consumption and benefit of the general public. These efforts are presented here in terms of deliverables, outputs, technologies, products, services, etc., which are impactful and bring in STI elements in the activities and initiatives.
SECTION GUIDELINES
Government establishes a network of COVID-19 biorepositories
IIT Mandi develops an antibacterial self-cleaning material for face masks and PPE
ICMR invites expression of interest for validation of rapid antigen detection assays for COVID-19 Serum Institute of India gets DCGI’s nod to manufacture Sputnik V in India for test and analysis ESIC felicitates donors to ESIC hospitals during COVID-19 pandemic
DBT-BIRAC supports setting up of a viral BSL-3 facility and COVID-19 vaccine testing centre at IISc
