India Makes 8 Covid-19 Vaccines Available This Year End: Here’s What You Need To Know

Covid-19 Vaccines: Niti Aayog (Health) Member Dr Vinod Kumar Paul has confirmed the availability of all vaccines and 216 crore vaccines will be available between August and December.

Covid Vaccine Update: India has been trying to protect and improve access to the Covid-19 vaccine, and the government on Thursday noted that India will have enough doses to inject all citizens in December. Niti Aayog (Health) Member Dr Vinod Kumar Paul has confirmed the availability of all vaccines and 216 crore vaccines will be available between August and December.

Paul also mentioned the availability of eight vaccines and the number of doses of each of which are likely to be available in the country by the end of December.

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Since the epidemic started last year, several vaccine workers have been subjected to various phases of pre-clinical testing. To date, there are 115 candidates and 14 approved vaccines, according to the Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker.

The national immunization campaign started on January 16 with Barat Biotech’s Covaxin and Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield.

India’s vaccination campaign will receive a major boost as the government issues approval for the urgent use of eight vaccine manufacturers including Biological E, Zydus Cadila, the Serum Institute of India of Novavax, the vaccine for the disease Barat Biotech, Gennova, and Sputnik V.

What should you know about the eight pharma companies and their availability?

Availability Status: Bharat Biotech will be providing 55 crore doses of Covaxin and 10 crore doses of its nasal vaccine.

Availability Status: Biological E is expected to produce 30 crore doses between August and December.

Availability Status:  Over 75 crore doses will be made available by the SII between August and December.

Availability Status: Around 15.6 crore doses will be available in India by December.

Availability Status: It will be providing 5 crore of its vaccine for the inoculation drive by December. 

Doses to be available: As per the government, the SII will provide 20 crore doses of Novavax by December.

Availability Status: Gennova is expected to roll out 6 crore doses by December, as per the government.

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