NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Wednesday (May 4, 2022) that the Covid19 Covovax vaccine is available to everyone over the age of 12.
“Many of you have asked if Covovax is available for adults. The answer is yes, it’s available to anyone over the age of 12,” Poonawalla tweeted.
Adar Poonawalla tweeted this clarification about Covovax a day after it was announced that it is now available for children in India.
Earlier Tuesday, the CEO of SII reported that Covovax (Novavax) is now available for children in India.“Covovax (Novavax) is now available for children in India.
This is the only vaccine made in India that is also sold in Europe and is 90 percent effective.
This is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to provide another vaccine to protect our children,” he said in a tweet Last year, in December, the government approved Covovax for limited use in emergency situations.
Availability of Covovax On the other hand, several users complained about the availability of Covovax on Twitter. Twitterati complained that the Covovax option is not available in the Cowin app for vaccine recipients over the age of 18.
“Cowin does not make Covovax an option when tab 18 and above is selected. Hopefully, this will be investigated,” said one user.
Meanwhile, another user posted a screenshot of the Cowin app and said: “Look at this, if we select option 18 and above in the Cowin app, the Covovax option will be automatically hidden, i.e disabled while the other 4 options are highlighted i.e. H.
Covishield, Covaxin, Sputnik, ZyCovD.” January 3 in India: Children in the 1518 age group are receiving Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin at government immunization centers, but the country has also started vaccinating children as young as 12 years old.
14 with biological intramuscular vaccine E. Corbevax India Covid19 cases Meanwhile, India reported 3,205 new coronavirus infections in one day, bringing the number of active cases to 19,509 and the total to 4.30.88.118, according to updated data on Wednesday by the Union Ministry of Health.
The data released at 8 am also showed that 31 deaths were reported in 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,23,920. An increase of 372 cases was recorded in the number of active COVID19 cases, of which the data now stands at 19,509.