The other day I heard two professionals comment on vaccine development in India. One of them said that animals like hamsters, ferrets etc. usually used in Vaccine research are not available in India. This poses a problem to those who wish to do vaccine development.

I wonder if they have considered using bats. Someone has reported finding SARS-Cov-2 in bats in India.

Even if they are not accepted for approved testing of new vaccines, they could be helpful in the process of vaccine development in earlier stages.

As a first step, we could test bats for specific antibodies.

Srinivasan Ramani

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