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India has authorized the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and by local pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech, the country’s drug regulator said Sunday.
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“The… vaccines of Serum Institute (AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine) and Bharat Biotech are being approved for restricted use in emergency situations,” the Drugs Controller General of India, V.G. Somani, said at a briefing.
The approval is expected to kick off one of the world’s biggest vaccination drives in coming days in the country of 1.3 billion people.
India is the world’s second most-infected nation with more than 10.3 million cases and almost 150,000 deaths.
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Last Update: Sunday, 03 January 2021 KSA 08:58 – GMT 05:58
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