Covid-19 Vaccine
Serum Institute applies for emergency approval of Covishield
New Delhi/IBNS: The Serum Institute of India (SII) has applied for an emergency approval from the Indian government of its vaccine against Covid-19, named Covishield.
SII CEO and owner Adar Poonawalla tweeted on Monday, "As promised, before the end of 2020, Serum Institute of India has applied for emergency use authorisation for the first made-in-India vaccine, COVISHIELD. This will save countless lives, and I thank the Government of India and Sri Narendra Modi ji for their invaluable support."
As promised, before the end of 2020, @SerumInstIndia has applied for emergency use authorisation for the first made-in-India vaccine, COVISHIELD. This will save countless lives, and I thank the Government of India and Sri @narendramodi ji for their invaluable support.
— Adar Poonawalla (@adarpoonawalla) December 7, 2020
If granted permission, Covishield, which has been developed by the Oxford University, will be the first Covid-19 vaccine to get approval from the government for an emergency use.
Besides Covishield, two other vaccine candidates including indigenous Covaxin are in the third and final phase of the vaccine trial.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week in an all-party meeting had stated the country will get its vaccine against the deadly virus in a few weeks.
However, health workers and elderly people suffering from critical illness will be the first set of people to be vaccinated, the PM had said.
India, the second worst-hit Covid-19 country, recorded 32,981 new infections in the last 24 hours, official data released on Monday.
391 people have died apparently due to the virus in the same period of time.
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