NEW DELHI : With India reporting over 25 cases of omicron, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has initiated research to study the efficacy of country’s most widely used covid-19 vaccines Covaxin and Covishield against the new variant of coronavirus. “The National Institute of Virology (NIV)-ICMR, Pune has collected blood samples of the patients infected with omicron virus.
The scientists are trying to grow the virus in the laboratory. After we culture the virus in the laboratory, we will evaluate the efficacy of Covaxin and Covishield against omicron," said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR.
According to the union health ministry, 25 total omicron cases reported in 5 states, nine have been detected in Rajasthan, three in