NEW DELHI : The government will introduce Zydus Cadila's covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D in country’s national coronavirus vaccination programme very shortly, union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Thursday.
Zydus Cadila received approval for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for ZyCoV-D on August 20th. “The vaccine will not be available in the market but it will be very shortly included in the government’s national covid-19 program.
We are in conversation with the manufacturer for its roll out. Since it is a three-dose vaccine and needs a needle free injecting system, it will have a differential pricing in comparison to other available covid-19 vaccines," said Bhushan.