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India’s first needle-free COVID-19 vaccine, likely to be launched in early October

Zydus Cadila’s needle-free coronavirus vaccine– ZyCoV-D– is likely to be available by early October.

ZyCoV-D is the world’s first plasmid DNA vaccine for Covid-19. It’s a three-dose vaccine that will be administered on day zero, day 28, and day 56. The vaccine has been approved to be administered to adolescents between ages 12 and 18.