India has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, paving the way for a huge immunisation campaign in the world's second most populous country.
India's drug regulator on Friday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
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India approves Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, confirms Javadekar
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar addresses during a press conference, in New Delhi
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Krishna N. Das
, Reuters
India is perhaps the only country where at least four vaccines are getting ready, said I&B Minister
Javadekar said at least three more vaccines were waiting to be approved - local company Bharat Biotch s COVAXIN, Zydus Cadila s ZyCoV-D and Russia s Sputnik-V
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New Delhi: India has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, paving the way for a huge immunisation campaign in the world s second-most populous country.
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