<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka Health and Medical Education minister Dr.K Sudhakar met the officials of AstraZeneca company in Bengaluru today to know the progress achieved by them in the trial of Covid vaccine. <br />''<br />''Speaking to media persons later, the minister said that AstraZeneca, Serum Institute in Pune and Oxford University have successfully conducted the first level human trials and will conduct second and third level trials on 1600 people. He said the company projects to supply vaccines for 100 crore people globally and India has asked for a large quantity. Dr. Sudhakar hoped that Covid 19 vaccine will be available for use in the beginning of 2021.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> <br />''AIR correspondent<b> </b>reports that<b>, </b>Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister<b><i> </i></b>Dr. K Sudhakar has informed that in the first phase of human trials it was found out that antibodies were produced within 28 days of administering the vaccine. He has said that a technical committee will be formed in collaboration with the Union Health ministry to discuss the distribution of vaccines. <br />''<br />''He also added that health workers and persons with co-morbidity will be vaccinated at the first level. On the incident of issuing false Covid results, the minister has ordered suspension of the lab technician and a criminal case is registered against the technician and ASHA worker who were issuing false negative Covid-19 reports. The minister has said that loopholes in the testing result dissemination process will be rectified.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile Karnataka State War Room Head Munish Moudgil has said that downslide in Covid cases and the fatality rate in the state is due to high quantity of daily testing in the state. He pointed out that more number of RT PCR tests holds the key to identify, control and reduce Covid 19.</span><br />''