Zydus vaccine trial to be over soon. Here’s when 12-18-yr-olds can get jabbed
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New Delhi: Zydus Cadila is expected to complete the trial of its Covid-19 vaccine, ZyCoV-D, by the end of next month and children above 12 years can be vaccinated against the coronavirus in August, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) chief Dr. NK Arora has said. "Trial will almost complete till July-end and in August, we will be able to vaccinate children aged between 12-18 years," Arora said, according to news agency ANI.Zydus Cadila’s Covid-19 vaccine will become the fourth one to get a nod for use against the viral infection in India if approved by the Drugs Controller General of India. The company has so far not released any data from its trials. The company’s Covid-19 vaccine, once approved, will be the second indigenously developed one to receive clearance in the country and the first DNA vaccine in the world. It will be a three-dose vaccine and will have to be administered intradermally.
AIIMS Delhi director DrRandeepGuleria told ANI that the ZydusCadila vaccine is a new platform that is being used and it's “something that we should be proud of.” “A platform for which research isn't done in past in our country and now making this new type of vaccine, the data is still being collated and one is hoping that they will be able to submit the data to the DCGI for regulatory approval,” DrGuleria said.
