India approves AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, country's first

India on Friday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, a government minister confirmed on Saturday.

The approval paves the way for its rollout in the world’s second worst affected country.

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A representative of India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), whose experts are meeting for the second time this week and also considering two other vaccines, declined to comment.

Britain and Argentina have already authorized the vaccine for urgent public use.

India wants to start administering the shots soon.

It is also considering emergency-use authorization applications for vaccines made by Pfizer Inc with Germany’s BioNTech, and by India’s Bharat Biotech.

The story has been taken from a news agency