Covovax Available For Everyone Above Age Of 12 Years: Adar Poonawalla

Covid-19 vaccine for all above 12 years!

On Wednesday, Serum Institute of India's (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla said that the Covid-19 vaccine Covovax is available for everyone above the age of 12 years. 

According to the tweet, SII CEO said, "A lot of you have asked if Covovax is available for adults. The answer is yes, it is available for everyone above the age of 12," Poonawalla tweeted.

Further said, Covovax (Novavax), is now available for children in India. This is the only vaccine manufactured in India that is also sold in Europe and has an efficacy of 90 percent. This is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of providing yet another vaccine to protect our children," he said in a tweet.

On the other hand, several users took to twitter to complain about the availability of the Covovax. Twitterati complained that the Covovax option is not available on the CoWIN app for 18 + vaccine beneficiaries. "The Cowin doesn`t make Covovax an option if the 18 and above tab is selected. Hopefully, that will be looked into," a user said.

While, another user posted a screenshot of the CoWIN app and said, "Check this out, when we select 18 & above option in CoWIN app, automatically Covovax option gets faded i.e disabled while 4 other options are highlighted i.e Covishield, Covaxin, Sputnik, ZyCov-D."

Meanwhile, India has witnessed a deadly scenario for Covid-19. The vaccines are the only source through which India has preserved lives. India was among the worst-hit countries which carried a high number of infection rates. Also, the recovery rate was speedy in the country.