Vaccines for children may be available by Sept: NIV Director

Currently, only those who are 18 or above are eligible for vaccination against coronavirus

Vaccines for children may be available by September and the trials for inoculating those between 2 to 18 years are underway, Priya Abraham, Director of the National Institute of Virology has said. In an interview to India Science, an OTT platform of the Department of Science and Technology, Abraham said that phase 2/3 clinical trials are in process for those between 2 to 18 years of age. "Hopefully the results will be available soon and they will be presented to regulators. Probably by September or just after September, we may have a vaccine for children… this is Covaxin," she said. The trials for Zydus Cadila are on and the vaccine can be made available for inoculating children. "Even that (Zydus Cadila vaccine) will be available," she said.