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Bharat Biotech’s booster nasal vaccine to be available on CoWIN from today

Updated on: 23 December,2022 12:46 PM IST  |  New Delhi
mid-day online correspondent |

The needle-free vaccine will be available at private centres. It will be introduced on the Co-WIN platform on Friday evening

Bharat Biotech’s booster nasal vaccine to be available on CoWIN from today

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The Union Health Ministry has given approval to Bharat Biotech's intranasal Covid vaccine for inclusion in the vaccination programme as a booster dose for those above 18 years of age, official sources said. The needle-free vaccine will be available at private vaccination centres.


The approval for the vaccine comes amid a spurt in Covid cases in China and some other countries. "The needle-free vaccine will be introduced on the Co-WIN platform on Friday evening," they said.


Also read: Maharashtra: Time to mask up in crowded places, says Health minister


The nasal vaccine -- BBV154 -- received approval of the Drugs Controller General of India in November for restricted use in an emergency situation for those above 18 as a heterologous booster dose.

(with inputs from PTI)

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