The move gives states extra time to figure out how to use up excess supply of the single-dose vaccine. Local officials have struggled to use up stockpiles of the shot, which has lately faced sagging demand.
The screening of children for clinical trials of Covaxin will start at AIIMS in Delhi soon, days after similar trials started at AIIMS in Patna, sources have said.
India has recorded over 2.86 crore Covid cases so far, with 1.20 lakh new cases on Saturday, according to government data. After Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh have the highest number of infections.
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