DCGI Gives Nod To Bharat Biotech For Administering Covaxin To Kids

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech was granted emergency approval to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to kids between the age of 12 to 18 years by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), on December 25. Reportedly, the company has further started the regulatory process to make it available on CoWin platform. Biotech's vaccine has become the second vaccine to receive approval after Zydus Cadila's three-dose needle-free vaccine ZyCoV-D in India.