Moderna gets nod as 4th Covid vax in India, Pfizer next


New Delhi, Jun 29 (IANS): The Centre on Tuesday granted approval to the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to enter the Indian market as the fourth vaccine in its arsenal to fight the deadly pandemic, adding that the next in line is the Pfizer vaccine.

Member of NITI Aayog, V.K. Paul, made the announcement at a press conference, saying that "new drug permission has been granted to Moderna, the first internationally developed Covid vaccine".

Paul, however, made it clear that the new drug permission is for restricted use and that Moderna will be administered in two doses.

Moderna thus became the fourth vaccine which has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) after AstraZeneca's Covishield, Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Sputnik V developed by Russia's Gamaleya Institute.

While making the announcement regarding opening of the Indian market for Moderna and mentioning that Covaxin, Covishield, SputnikV and Moderna will now be available in the fight against Covid, Paul said "India will soon close the deal on Pfizer as well".

Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company Cipla Ltd on Tuesday received approval from the DCGI to import the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc for restricted emergency use.

Cipla had filed an application with the DCGI on Monday to import the vaccine.

The entry of Moderna vaccine is a significant move amid India's accelerated vaccination drive to inoculate as many people as soon as possible. The new drug would undoubtedly help better the supply constraints, besides allaying the fears of a possible third wave of the pandemic.

Earlier in the day, Johnson and Johnson had said that it is in talks with the Indian government to explore ways to speed up the delivery of its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine in the country.

So far, India has administered more than 31.90 crore (32,90,29,510) vaccine doses, including 52,76,457 doses in the last 24 hours.

 

  

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 30 2021

    Now the real protectors (most damaging) variants of viruses are descending on Indian people, yeah vaccine variants that have taken more people out are getting nod by our so called protectors of our health who are self appointed messiahs! Depopulation agenda is taking next step. Once they damage our immune system and the injuries will cause more fatalities and it will be named 3rd wave or due to new variant which needs more boosters for the vaccinated while blaming unvaccinated who strangely will remain healthy but will be branded asymptomatic spreaders which isn't based on medical science in first place. 161 doctors have sent documents to PM , CM s & all MP s to stop the present fake pandemic with evidence but deaf and dumb leaders are hiding these truths and continuing the globalist agenda which is hurting the nation and its economy causing more deaths among its citizens. People and doctors should wake up & come out of their shells to end the present fake planndemic or lose our freedom forever once again as we will be economical slaves without getting invaded like in past centuries.

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  • John, Mangalore

    Tue, Jun 29 2021

    These Moderna vaccines using luciferase quantum dot technology (light emiting protein as in firefly) carry the microchip or mark of the beast as per the following attached Divine message to Enoch dated August 30, 2020... "Little children, watch out for the vaccines because millions (of them) will come with the Microchip, the mark of the beast, which will be inserted in you when injected. Other vaccines will decimate the world’s population and many others will modify the Human Genome. Watch out, my children, with the biometric vaccine called Luciferase, because this vaccine will be one of the many that will carry the Microchip, which will be activated with the technology you call 5G. Do not fall into the deception of the servants of evil, for what they seek is to mark humanity with the mark of the beast and to decimate the world’s population; everything is a conspiracy on the part of the emissaries of evil, who are taking advantage of the existing pandemic, to mark humanity, to decimate and to enslave it."... Ref: http://www.jesusmariasite.org/watch-out-my-children-with-the-biometric-vaccine-called-luciferase/

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Tue, Jun 29 2021

    Good to see India's vaccination drive in fast lane! God bless us all and protect from COVID

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