The Indian Council of Medical Research will review 3,000-5,000 people above 45 years of age, of which up to 80% will be those who have taken the AstraZeneca vaccine made locally by the Serum Institute of India. The rest will have taken Covaxin jointly developed by local firm Bharat Biotech and ICMR.
Covid-19: Demand for Covaxin Grows Among Indians by Hannah Joy on March 11, 2021 at 2:30 PM
People were initially hesitant about Covaxin that was developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech. However, now, all that has been cleared, as there has been a raising demand and acceptability of the vaccine.
While a major boost to the vaccine s acceptability came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the first dose of the vaccine earlier this month, the publication of efficacy results gave the vaccine another shot in the arm.
According to Neha Gupta, infectious disease specialist at Medanta The Medicity Gurugram, the Prime Minister getting his vaccination done is an assurance and inspiration for the general public.
Highlights
India has supplied over 229.7 lakh vaccines doses to countries
UN chief has called for a global effort to get all people inoculated
New Delhi: Having approved the use of AstraZeneca-Oxford and Bharat Biotech vaccines, Iran has requested COVID-19 vaccines from India. Iran has become one of more than 20 countries to have requested vaccines from India.
So far India has supplied more than 229.7 lakh COVID-19 vaccines doses to several countries around the world. The country has supplied over 64 lakh doses as grants and over 165 lakh doses commercially. We will continue to take forward the global vaccine supply initiative and cover more countries in a phased manner, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement last week.
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