<span style="color: #222222;">Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu today expressed happiness over the fact that India is on the verge of releasing its own indigenous COVID vaccine. He also complimented the hard-working scientists who have made this possible. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Addressing the concluding session of the India International Science Festival from Hyderabad through virtual mode, Mr Naidu lauded the dedication of Indian scientists in making India self-reliant in the production of Personal Protection Equipment, PPEs and COVID-19 testing kits. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said India had negligible production capacity of PPEs, ventilators and testing kits at the beginning of the pandemic but within a short span it is now able to export PPEs.</span><br />''