COVAXIN®, India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat Biotech is developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV). The indigenous, inactivated vaccine is developed and manufactured in Bharat Biotech's BSL-3 (Bio-Safety Level 3) high containment facility. The vaccine is developed using Whole-Virion Inactivated Vero Cell derived platform technology. Inactivated vaccines do not replicate and are therefore unlikely to revert and cause pathological effects. They contain dead virus, incapable of infecting people but still able to instruct the immune system to mount a defensive reaction against an infection.
The Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID‑19 vaccine is used to provide protection against infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus in order to prevent COVID-19 in adults aged 18 years and older. The medicine is administered by two 0.5 ml (0.017 US fl oz) doses given by intramuscular injection into the deltoid muscle (upper arm). The initial course consists of two doses with an interval of 4 to 12 weeks between doses. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends an interval of 8 to 12 weeks between doses for optimal efficacy. There is no evidence that a third booster dose dose is needed to prevent severe disease in healthy adults.
Sputnik V (Russian: Спутник V, brand name from RDIF) or Gam-COVID-Vac (Russian: Гам-КОВИД-Вак, the real name of the vaccine under which it is registered and produced) is an adenovirus viral vector vaccine for COVID-19 developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Russia. It is the world's first registered combination vector vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19, having been registered on 11 August 2020 by the Russian Ministry of Health.
PM Modi said that India is prepared to produce more than five billion vaccine doses for coronavirus next year. This, he said, would help the world fight against the pandemic. He also asserted that it was important that the World Health Organisation gave required approval to Indian vaccines as soon as possible.
Getting vaccinated could save your life. COVID-19 vaccines provide strong protection against serious illness, hospitalization and death. There is also some evidence that being vaccinated will make it less likely that you will pass the virus on to others, which means your decision to get the vaccine also protects those around you.
Around 6.5 crore people have been vaccinated in Bihar, informed state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on October 23. “Around 6.5 crore people have been vaccinated in the state. A campaign is underway to encourage people to take vaccination in rural areas,” said the Bihar CM.
