India's COVID-19 vaccination program has been launched. It currently uses the vaccines Covishield and Covaxin. There are some issues and challenges that need to be overcome in order to vaccinate all Indians.
Covaxin was proven to be safe, well-tolerated, in children who took part in phase II/III study.
In India, the Union Health Ministry has asked people not to download or register on several fraudulant applications named 'CoWIN' which are available on app-stores.
First oral pill to treat high-risk COVID-19 patients has been approved for the first time in the UK to subdue the pandemic.