India a step closer to 2nd home-grown Covid-19 vaccine | Video

Bangalore, June 3 (EFE).- India came closer to getting its second indigenous Covid-19 vaccine after the government inked a deal with a pharma company for 300 million doses to be available in the coming months, the health ministry reported Thursday. The country facing acute vaccine shortages is using a home-grown Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech laboratory. Covaxin is used in India's vaccination drive with British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca's Covishield and the Russian Sputnik V.

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Date: 03/06/2021 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Health » Epidemic and plague
Health » Preventative medicine
Type: Ready-to-use
Duration: 50 seconds
Reference: 7001079071
Relevance: Normal