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UPSC 2022: In the context of vaccines manufactured to prevent COVID-19 pandemic, consider the following statements : 1. The Serum Institute of India produced COVID-19 vaccine named Covishield using mRNA platform. 2. Sputnik V vaccine is manufactured using vector based platform. 3. COVAXIN is an inactivated pathogen based vaccine. Which of the statements given above are correct ?
(a)1 and 2 only
(b)2 and 3 only
(c)1 and 3 only
(d)1, 2 and 3
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only
Covishield (Serum Institute) uses a recombinant chimpanzee adenovirus vector, not an mRNA platform, so statement 1 is incorrect. Sputnik V employs a human adenovirus vector platform, and COVAXIN is produced from whole-virion inactivated SARS-CoV-2; therefore statements 2 and 3 are correct. ([drishtiias.com](https://www.drishtiias.com/current-affairs-news-analysis-editorials/news-analysis/24-12-2022?utm_source=openai))
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