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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (04): India vaccines, Nigeria, Thailand, transmission, WHO, global

COVID-19 -- IndiaCovaxin has been fast-tracked like no other vaccine in India. The company said in November [2020] it was likely to be launched in the 2nd quarter of 2021, while a government scientist had suggested it might be February or March [2021]. Opposition politicians and former ministers on Sunday [3 Jan 2021] questioned the lack of transparency in approving it. "Approval was premature and could be dangerous," said former minister Shashi Tharoor, asking Health Minister Harsh Vardhan for an Read more [...]