New Year gift for Indians: vaccine soon, says Drugs Controller General

Lauding the approval for Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for use in the UK as a "big step forward", AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that India will have the Covid-19 vaccine within days. "This is very good news that AstraZeneca got approval for its vaccine by UK regulatory authorities. They have robust data and in India and the same vaccine is being developed by the Serum Institute of India. This is a big step forward not only for India but many parts of the world," Dr Guleria told ANI in an interview.  Drugs Controller General Dr VG Somani too echoed the hope shown by Dr Guleria and hinted that it could be a happy new year.