India to have COVID-19 vaccine capacity of 28 cr in October: Sources

New Delhi, 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. (ANI)