India
oi-Deepika S
New Delhi, Feb 02: No data has been generated with Covishield and Covaxin vaccines specifically on the new “European” COVID-19 virus strain, Union Minister Ashwini Choubey said on Tuesday.
Two strains of the coronavirus that originated in the United Kingdom and South Africa have already spread in several countries around the globe.
To a question on whether the Covishield and Covaxin are able to provide protection from the new coronavirus variant that was traced in the UK, Choubey told Rajya Sabha, “At present, there is no data generated with the above vaccines specifically on new European COVID-19 virus strain.”
The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Covishield is being produced in this country by Serum Institute of India while Covaxin has been developed indigenously by Bharat Biotech.
“However, in the case of the proposal of Bharat Biotech International…