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Covid 19: Indian Government authorizes needle-free vaccine
Finally, here is some great news. The Indian government has authorised needle-free Covid-19 vaccine, which was developed by Zydus Cadila, a nearly seven-decade old pharmaceutical company. Unlike the other vaccines, which are based on using mRNA to train the immune system to combat the coronavirus, the Zydus vaccine, called ZyCoV-D, uses a DNA-based technology that uses the genetic code of certain viral proteins to similarly train the immune system. It is the first Covid vaccine of its kind to get authorization from a government health agency.
This is the seventh vaccine authorized in India and it is the first vaccine to receive authorization in India for adolescents in the age group 12-18 age group.
Zydus Cadila announced that it would start manufacturing 10 million doses by October. Based on its data which showed 66.6% efficacy for symptomatic Covid cases. It also said that the vaccines worked against the delta variant.