Guwahati: Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pune-based Serum Institute of India, explained that the COVID-19 vaccination Covovax is available for everyone above the age of 12 years, despite the rising cases of COVID-19 across the country.
Poonawalla in a tweet said, “A lot of you have asked if Covovax is available for adults. The answer is yes, it is available for everyone above the age of 12.”
This comes a day after Poonawalla announced on Twitter that Covovax is now available for children in India.
“Covovax (Novavax), is now available for children in India. This is the only vaccine manufactured in India that is also sold in Europe and has an efficacy of 90 per cent. This is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of providing yet another vaccine to protect our children,” he said in a tweet.
It needs to be mentioned that last week, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) authorised the Covovax COVID-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India for children aged 12 to 17.