India’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Anocovax for animals was launched by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar at a virtual event on Thursday.
Anocovax vaccine is an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Delta (COVID-19) vaccine for animals. The immunity induced by Anocovax neutralises both Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare said in a statement. The vaccine contains inactivated SARS-CoV-2 (Delta) antigen with Alhydrogel as an adjuvant. It is safe for dogs, lions, leopards, mice and rabbits.
“It is due to the untiring contributions of scientists that the country stands self-reliant in developing its own vaccines more rather than importing. This is really a big achievement,” Tomar said.
