The nasal drop vaccine – iNCOVACC – has been available for booking on CoWIN, the country’s vaccination portal, since Dec 24, and is expected to be administered to the public from the last week of January.
Around the same time, China authorised the use of the world’s first inhaled vaccine, Convidecia Air. The dose is delivered through a puff of air from a nebulizer that is then inhaled by mouth. A Bharat Biotech spokesman said the vaccine’s efficacy data has been submitted to the government and will be published in journals later.
These precautionary moves come amid growing concerns over any adverse fallout from the virus spreading unchecked in China, including the possibility of a dangerous new variant emerging. The country logged 188 new cases according to a daily government update as at Wednesday morning, with active cases increasing to 3,468. No deaths were reported in the preceding 24 hours.
Healthcare facilities also have to be strengthened, including availability of beds and ventilators, oxygen supply as well as human resources.
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