India to be first country to have DNA vaccine: Health Minister
Darpan News Desk IANS, 20 Jul, 2021 10:35 AM
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said it is not correct to say that the third Covid wave will affect children as in the two waves till now children were relatively less infected.
He said we will soon have vaccines for children and the clinical trials are ongoing.
Mandaviya said, "Zydus Cadila has applied for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine and Hyderabad-based Biological E will enter the market with 7.5 crore doses of its Covid-19 vaccine by September-October."
The Drugs Controller General of India will soon give approval as per norms and "India will be the first country in the world whose scientists will have developed a DNA vaccine," he said.
Former Mumbai Congress leader and Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar on Tuesday dismissed all political speculation that she will be joining the Shiv Sena, ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections.
US President Donald Trump joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's diaspora event in Houston next week will be a message for the world and it is up to Pakistan what they wish to read, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said here on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the vision of Sardar Patel, saying the BJP-led government’s decision on Jammu and Kashmir last month was an inspiration from the former home minister of India.
A first-ever cadre review for jawans and sub-officers of the CRPF will “benefit” 2.37-lakh troops as it will ensure faster promotion and monetary benefits to them, an order issued on Tuesday said.
