This is the country's first such vaccine
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India's Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said on Twitter that Bharat Biotech has received emergency use authorisation from Drugs Controller General of India for an intranasal Covid-19 vaccine.
The minister added that this will be India's first intranasal vaccine.
The minister said that this would also be a big boost to India's fight against Covid-19. He added: "This step will further strengthen our collective fight against the pandemic."
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