Covid vaccine for 12-18 year olds developed by Zydus Cadila will be available soon, the Centre informed the Supreme court on Saturday. The govt provided this information as a part of a 380 page affidavit to the apex court on vaccine availability.
Zydus Cadila is currently testing its Covid-19 vaccine candidate on children in the age group of 12-18 years, apart from adults, and the Ahmedabad-based company is likely to apply for licensure of the vaccine in a few days as per reports.
ZyCov-D, the Zydus vaccine which has seen participation by 30,000 volunteers is administered interdermally and is being developed with support from the Centre’s National Biopharma Mission.