Zydus Cadila vaccine for children above 12 years expected by Aug: NTAGI chief

Zydus Cadila Covid19 vaccine for children above 12 years is expected to be available by August as its trials are likely to be completed by Julyend said Dr N K Arora Chairman National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation NTAGITrial will be completed till Julyend and in August we will be able to vaccinate children aged between 1218 years said NTAGI chiefCommenting on the ICMR study that Covid19 third wave is likely to come late he said that in the coming months the government has targeted to administer 1 crore doses every day to achieve the target of immunising everyone in the country within a time bracket of six to eight months The NTAGI chief also said that vaccinationrelated rumours are vague and vaccines in India are 9596 per cent safeICMR has come up with a study which says third wave is likely to come late We have a window period of 68 months to immunise everybody in the country In the coming days our target is to administer 1 crore doses every day It is important that people come forward proactively and take the vaccines There are several rumours misinformation which is spreading in the country Similarly people have some vague fear in their minds They think there may be some side effect or vaccine may be unsafe said Dr AroraHe addedScientifically we have been looking at adverse events during vaccination 9596 per cent people have only mild fever or local pain 45 per cent people have been hospitalised due to an allergy or some get anxious and they have to be hospitalised but otherwise these vaccines are absolutely safeSpeaking on Zydus Cadilas Covid19 vaccine AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria told ANI Zydus Cadila is a DNA vaccine Its a new platform that is being used Its something that we should be proud of A platform for which research isnt done in past in our country and now making this new type of vaccine the data is still being collated and one is hoping that they will be able to submit the data to the DCGI for regulatory approval So one is hopeful and that will depend on how quickly the company is able to collate the data and give it to the regulatory authorityMeanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday applauded the countrys commendable momentum on the vaccination front and urged the nation to overcome vaccine hesitancy Addressing the Mann Ki Baat radio programme PM Modi said that India achieved a historic achievement by vaccinating more than 86 lakh people in a dayAlso Read Shed vaccine hesitancy do not believe in rumours PM Modi to peopleThe battle we the countrymen are fighting against corona is continuing but in this fight together weve achieved many an extraordinary milestone Just a few days ago our country accomplished an unprecedented feat On June 21 when the new phase of vaccine drive began more than 86 lakh people made a record of receiving free vaccine doses in a day he said He talked to two villagers of Dulariya village in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh who informed about vaccine hesitancy being spread in their village through social media PM Modi urged the villagers not to believe in rumours and said I have taken both doses My mother is almost a hundred years old she has taken both vaccines too Please do not believe any negative rumours relating to vaccinesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever