India wants Pfizer, Moderna, JnJ to seek licence for covid vaccines soon: Govt official

Published On 2021-04-15 07:46 GMT   |   Update On 2021-04-15 07:46 GMT

New Delhi: India wants Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to seek licence for their COVID-19 vaccines as soon as possible, a senior government official said on Tuesday, shortly after the government announced it would fast-track emergency approvals.

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"We hope and we invite the vaccine makers such as Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and others...to be ready to come to India as early as possible," Vinod Kumar Paul, a senior government health official, told a news conference.

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