Corbevax is anticipated to be to be had as a booster dose on CoWIN App from August 12. (Representational)
Hyderabad:
Biological E. Ltd (BE) on Thursday mentioned it has delivered 10 crore (100 million) doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, Corbevax, to the Centre thus far.
In a liberate, the city-based vaccine maker mentioned, “Biological E. Limited has delivered 10 crore doses of Corbevax to the Government of India until now. Pan-India roll-out of Corbevax in kids 12-14 years of age was once initiated on March 16, 2022 and until now nearly seven crore doses were administered and a pair of.9 crore kids have finished the two-dose vaccination routine.”
Corbevax was once additionally licensed through the Union Health Ministry as a heterologous COVID-19 booster dose beneath emergency use authorization for people elderly 18 years and above after 6 months of management of number one vaccination (two doses) of Covaxin or Covishield, the corporate mentioned.
The Health Ministry’s approval is in line with the suggestions made lately through the COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI).
Corbevax is anticipated to be to be had as a booster dose at the CoWIN App in private and non-private vaccination centres from August 12, 2022.
This approval got here after the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) licensed the vaccine for emergency use as a heterologous COVID-19 booster dose for people elderly 18 years on June 4, 2022.
The vaccine had gained emergency use authorization as number one two-dose vaccination routine in Adults, Adolescents and Children of 5 years and above, in a sequence of approvals from December 2021 to April 2022.
The worth of Corbevax for personal COVID-19 vaccination centres is Rs. 250, inclusive of GST. For the end-user, the associated fee was once fastened at Rs 400, together with taxes and administrative fees.
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