'Puneites are over reacting'

A chat with Adar C Poonawalla

Can Serum Institute come out with swine flu vaccine by December this year?
Considering the pandemic like situation in the country, we are working towards releasing the vaccine by the end of this year. The vaccine should be out in the market by the first quarter of 2010.

And what if the virulent strain gets severe by then?
We can't help it. We will then need another year, to develop another vaccine. However, we hope that the virus will not get severe.

How do you think will be the situation in the next two months?
I think Puneites are over reacting. There is no need to panic, as I feel that the virus will get weaker in the next ten days.

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