Zydus Cadila’s corona vaccine ZyCoV-D gets permission for emergency use, Zydus Cadila’s corona vaccine ZyCoV-D gets permission for emergency use

The Ministry of Science and Technology on Friday (August 20) said that Zydus Cadila today received approval for emergency use authorization from DCGI for the corona vaccine ZyCoV-D. The world’s first and India’s indigenously developed DNA-based vaccine for COVID-19 will be administered to humans, including children and adults aged 12 years and above.

The indigenously developed Zydus Cadila Covid Vaccine ZyCoV-D has received approval for emergency use authorization from the Drug Controller General of India and will be given to people 12 years of age and above.

It is the world’s first DNA-based vaccine against the coronavirus, and this three-dose vaccine when injected produces the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and elicits an immune response, which Plays an important role in disease protection.

The government’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) also stated that the “plug-and-play” technology on which the plasmid DNA platform is based can be easily adapted to deal with mutations in viruses, such as those already Happening.