India to have COVID-19 vaccine capacity of 28 cr in October: Sources
Oct 13, 2021
New Delhi [India], October 13 : India will have a COVID-19 vaccine capacity of 28 crore doses this month, government sources told ANI.
This will include 22 crore Covishield doses and six crore Covaxin doses.
"ZyCoV-D doses are also ready," sources said.
Earlier, sources had said that Zydus Cadila's needle-free coronavirus vaccine-- ZyCoV-D-- is likely to be available by early October. India's drugs regulator approved the Zydus Cadila vaccine for emergency use on August 20.
ZyCoV-D is the world's first plasmid DNA vaccine for COVID-19.
