Which Are The Five Covid Vaccines for Children in India

Five Covid Vaccines for Children: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare notified Parliament on Friday that five Covid-19 vaccinations for children ages 2 and older will soon be available. According to Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, a Minister of state in the Union Health Ministry, a clinical study of five Covid-19 vaccinations in children and adolescents has been approved by an Apex medical body of Government of India.

The Five Covid Vaccines for Children

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Biological E’s RBD; Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin; ZyCoV-D, Serum Institute’s Covax; and Johnson & Johnson’s Ad 26COV.2S vaccine are the five vaccines that are under consideration

Covid Vaccines for Children – ZyCoV-D

ZyCoV-D (recombinant DNA) has been tested in the 12 and older age group in a Phase III trial undertaken by Cadila Healthcare. Restrictions on its usage in children 12 and older during an emergency necessitated the vaccine’s approval.

Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D will first be deployed in seven states, according to Rajesh Bhushan, the Union Health Secretary (Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Bihar).

Zydus Cadila said on 8th November that the Indian government has ordered one million doses of ZyCoV-D at a cost of 265 per dosage.

India will receive one million doses of ZyCoV-D, the world’s first Plasmodium DNA Vaccine, at a cost of INR 265 per dosage and the needle-free applicator at a cost of INR 93 per dose, according to a Zydus Cadila regulatory filing.

The three ZyCoV-D dosages are to be taken 28 days apart. The Indian medicines regulator granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for the vaccination on August 20.

Covid Vaccines for Children – Covaxin

A clinical trial of Covaxin, on the other hand, is being conducted by Bharat biotech on healthy volunteers ages 2 to 18. Pawar informed Parliament today that the company has presented interim safety and immunogenicity data.