60 Lakh Doses Of Zydus Cadila's Vaccine Ready After Production In October: Report
NDTV
Centre plans to achieve cumulative vaccination coverage of 100 crore doses around October 18.
As many as 60 lakh doses of Zydus Cadila's three-dose COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D are ready after production, said government sources.
The Ahmedabad-based pharma company had received emergency use authorisation from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on August 20.
ZyCoV-D, a needle-free coronavirus vaccine, is the world's first plasmid DNA vaccine for COVID-19. It is a three-dose vaccine that will be administered on day zero, day 28, and day 56.
Meanwhile, government sources also told ANI that India will have a vaccine capacity of 28 crore doses in October. Of these, 22 crore doses will be of Serum Institute of India's Covishield and six crores will be of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.
