12+ Aged Children to Be Vaccinated From October with Zycov-D
A big update for ZyCoV-D got clearance from the Indian regulators last month. ZyCoV-D is the world's first DNA based Coronavirus vaccine. All children in India aged 12 or above will be eligible for the Covid vaccine shots from October, after the drugmaker Cadila Healthcare introduces its ZyCoV-D product. Zydus Cadila from next month will manufacture around 10 million doses of Coronavirus vaccines each month. The Zydus vaccine is the only vaccine approved for adolescents in India. The firm has already provided nearly 825.9 million shots to adults among its population of nearly 1.4 billion. Also Read: Covid vaccination for kids by September, informs ICMR-NIV director Zydus Cadila's ZyCoV-D is a 'plasmid DNA' vaccine that uses a non-replicating version of a DNA molecule named a plasmid. This process helps to prepare a harmless version variant of the spike protein which is present on the SARS-COV-2 membrane. The procedure is also known as the third generation va