India likely to approve two-dose regimen for Covid-19 vaccines, four weeks apart: Report

  • Experts at India's Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) have already approved the vaccines
  • A final decision is expected to be announced by the agency's chief at a news conference scheduled today

Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Krishna N. Das (with inputs from Reuters)
Updated3 Jan 2021, 08:34 AM IST
India likely to approve two-dose regimen for Covid-19 vaccines.
India likely to approve two-dose regimen for Covid-19 vaccines.(REUTERS)

NEW DELHI: India's drugs regulator is likely to approve administering two doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine and another locally-developed one by Bharat Biotech, each four weeks apart, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Saturday.

Experts at India's Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) have already approved the vaccines and a final decision is expected to be announced by the agency's chief at a news conference scheduled on Sunday.

Calls to CDSCO were unanswered outside regular business hours.

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First Published:3 Jan 2021, 08:34 AM IST
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