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AstraZeneca vaccine set to become first to get approval in India: Report

The decision would pave the way for the vaccine's rollout in the world's second-most populous country

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AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. File Photo: Reuters

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India’s drug regulator is set to approve on Friday a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.

The decision would pave the way for the vaccine’s rollout in the world’s second-most populous country which, after the United States, has the highest number of COVID-19 infections in the world.

Britain and Argentina have already authorised the vaccine for urgent public use.

India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), whose experts were meeting for the second time this week, could also approve a vaccine locally developed by