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Zydus Cadila’s 3-dose vaccine gets emergency use approval in India

ZyCoV-D is a first of its kind DNA vaccine that produces the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 to elicit an immune response. It is an intradermal vaccine that has to be applied using a 'needle-free injector', which, the manufacturer says, will help in reducing side effects.

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J&J’s single-dose Covid vaccine gets Emergency Use approval in India

The five vaccines granted Emergency Use Authorisation in India are Serum Institute's Covishield, Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik V, Moderna, and now Johnson & Johnson (J&J).

Bangladesh approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use

Nearly six million people have so far received the first dose of the vaccine in Bangladesh.