Civil Services Examination · প্রশ্ন 39

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?

1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3

উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা

উত্তর: (B) 2 and 3 only

ব্যাখ্যা

Covishield is a viral-vector (chimpanzee adenovirus) vaccine, not mRNA. Sputnik V uses adenoviral vectors, and Covaxin is an inactivated whole-virion vaccine.