What is A Nasal Vaccine? Things to know about Bharat Biotech Nasal Vaccine.

Bharat Biotech's intra-nasal Covid vaccine Innovaccer has received government approval for use as a booster dose in the country-wide mass inoculation program.

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Bharat Biotech's intra-nasal Covid vaccine will be rolled out in india as approved by union Health Ministry.

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Hyderabad based Bharat Biotech's nasal vaccine will now be included in the vaccination programme as a booster for 18 years.

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The new form of vaccine INCOVACC has been approved by the drugs controller general of india.

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This nasal vaccine will be used as a nasal apray not in the injection form.

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The nasal vaccine will only be available at private health centres and will be introduced on the Co-WIN platform

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The needle free vaccine will be available to all eligible adults and people are required to play for its administration

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This nasal vaccine will target the nasal pathway, the site where the Sars-CoV-2 first infects the body and creates a protective coat of antibodies

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The dose has been developed by the Washington University School of Medicine in St.Louis

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