Vaccination of children in the 12-18 years age group will start by September with the Zydus vaccine. This information was given by Dr NK Arora, who heads the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration. Dr Arora also informed that the emergency use authorisation (EUA) for the Zydus vaccine will happen in the coming weeks. Zydus vaccine for childrenZyCoV-D is a plasmid DNA vaccine which when injected produces the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Both the Phase 1/2 and Phase 3 clinical trials have been monitored by an independent Data Safety Monitoring Board.

Source: dna July 09, 2021 06:00 UTC