Covaxin vaccinated people can travel without restrictions, says Govt. after Phase 3 trial data
Govt said that people vaccinated with Covaxine vaccine will be able to travel without restrictions as per data of phase 3 trials.
People who have been vaccinated with Covaxin vaccine in India will be able to travel without restrictions, said Dr NK Arora, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) Chief, on Saturday. The comment came hours after Bharat Biotech announced that its vaccine Covaxin's efficacy against COVID-19 is 77.8%.
"It is good that these results have finally been published and this will help to get Covaxin the WHO emergency use listing. People who have been administered Covaxin in India will be able to travel without restrictions," Arora told news agency ANI.
"Covaxin is effective against delta variant which is a big relief. We feel very comfortable that both the vaccines which are currently in use in Indian under Covid Immunisation Programme are effective and safe," the NTAGI chief said.
The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has released its data from the final analysis of Covaxin efficacy as part of phase 3 clinical trials. On Friday, the company said "that the indigenous vaccine demonstrates overall efficacy of 77.8% against symptomatic infection."
Last month, an expert panel of the country's central drugs authority had reviewed and accepted the phase-3 trial data of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. Covaxin gives 65.2 per cent protection against the SARS-CoV-2, B.1.617.2 Delta variant, the data mentioned.
