India Plans to Launch COVID Vaccine For Kids Soon

India: Serum Institute of India (SII) is planning to launch its COVID-19 vaccine for children, Covavax,  in six months, CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Tuesday. Speaking at a conference, Poonawalla said the undertrial vaccine would offer protection to children all the way down till three years.

“We haven’t seen a lot of severe disease in children. Fortunately, the panic is not there for children. However, we will be launching a vaccine in six months for children, hopefully down to the age of three,” Poonawalla said as quoted by PTI. He also noted that already there are two companies in India that are licensed and their vaccines will be available soon.