The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday that one of the three COVID-19 vaccine candidates would enter the third phase of the pre-clinical human trial by Wednesday. The information was shared by Dr V.K. Paul, head of the national task force on COVID-19, during a weekly press briefing.

The @MoHFW_INDIA said on Tuesday that one of the three #COVID19 #vaccine candidates would enter the third phase of the pre-clinical human trial by Wednesday.

The information was shared by Dr. V.K. Paul, head of the national task force on COVID-19, during a weekly press briefing. pic.twitter.com/ZjsUr1pqsN

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The ministry officials said that the vaccine candidate entering the third phase has yielded encouraging results in the initial phases of its trial. Paul added that the other two vaccines are currently in phase-I or II of their pre-clinical trials. However, they did not reveal the names of the vaccines while sharing the status of their testing phase.