Ready to protect humanity with 2 ‘Made in India’ Covid vaccines: PM Modi
Hindustan TimesIndia is ready with two “Made in India” coronavirus vaccines to protect humanity from Covid-19 even as the world is watching the roll-out of the world’s largest vaccination programme in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Addressing the virtual inaugural session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention, Modi said India was continuing to play its role as the “world’s pharmacy” by getting essential medicines to those most in need around the world. “We are ready to protect humanity with two ‘Made in India’ corona vaccines,” he said. “The world is not only waiting for India’s vaccine, but everyone is watching how India runs the world’s largest vaccination programme.” Indian authorities recently cleared the Serum Institute’s Covishield, or the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, for restricted use in an emergency situation subject to regulatory conditions, while Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccine was approved for restricted use in emergency situations in “clinical trial mode”.