Covaxin is now a universal vaccine for adults and children, Bharat Biotech announced on Thursday, news agency ANI reported.
“COVAXIN is now a universal vaccine for adults and children. Our goals of developing a global vaccine against COVID-19 have been achieved and all product development for licensure has been completed,” it said.
On Wednesday, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech claimed that its Covid vaccine Covaxin can neutralise both Delta and Omicron variants of coronavirus.
In a statement, Bharat Biotech said, “Results from a study conducted at Emory University demonstrating that sera from subjects who received a booster dose of Covaxin (BBV152) six months after getting a primary two-dose series of Covaxin, neutralized the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants.”