National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration

Zydus Cadila's COVID-19 vaccine for children above 12 years likely to get DCGI nod this week

ZyCov-D vaccine has been tested on adults as well as children above 12 years of age and the regulatory body experts are satisfied with the results, the officials said. 

Jul 12, 2021, 12:40 PM IST

Children likely to be vaccinated with Zydus Cadila from September, reveals expert panel head

“I think sometime in the third quarter or by early January-February we should be able to give it to 2 to 18-year-olds. But trial data for Zydus Cadila for 12 to 18-year-olds will be available even before that,” said head of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration, Dr NK Arora.

Jul 09, 2021, 13:26 PM IST