On India-Russia Talks Over Sputnik V, Vaccine Expert Advises Against Shots Not Showing 'Clinical Efficacy'

8-September-2020

On Sunday, India crossed the mark of four million cumulative cases and surpassed Brazil to become the country which has the second highest tally of coronavirus infections in the world. Amidst the record surge in cases, News18 spoke to leading clinician-scientist and vaccine expert Professor Gagandeep Kang, who works at the Gastrointestinal Sciences division of Christian Medical College, Vellore.

In July, Prof Kang resigned from the post of executive director, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, to get back to her research and teaching. In this interview, she spoke to us at length on issues ranging from India�s current infection trajectory and sero-surveys to vaccine development and what research we ought to do to detect the next emerging pandemic.

Kang also talked about the challenges in detecting Covid-19 cases, the resources available to fight the virus and the infections emerging from zoonotic diseases.