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Credit: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg/GettyVaccines protect against severe COVID-19, but they’re less adept at preventing infection. That has many scientists pursuing a needle-free alternative:The sprays would be fast-acting and would be applied frequently, perhaps once or twice a day, to the site where the virus first takes hold — the throat and nasal lining .
The government has yet to announce the decision, but minutes from a meeting chaired by the home secretary, Ajay Bhalla, and attended by senior officials in the science and health ministries in September reveal details. For instance, the Department of Science and Technology, the country’s main funding agency in these fields, will retain just 4 of its 207 awards.
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