CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The ZyCoV-D is the world’s first and India’s indigenously developed DNA based vaccine for COVID-19 to be administered in humans including children and adults 12 years and above.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cadilla Healthcare, a prominent Indian pharmaceutical company has launched the world’s first DNA vaccine against Covid-19 called ZyCov-D. This is a needle-free jab that is injected using a needle-free injector. This uses a narrow jet of the vaccine to penetrate the skin and reach specific tissues.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ahmedabad, 20th August 2021 – Zydus Cadila has received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for ZyCoV-D the world’s first Plasmid DNA Vaccine for COVID-19.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ZyCoV-D vaccine was developed by Zydus Cadila using a non-replicating and non-integrating plasmid carrying the novel coronavirus gene and approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct late-stage clinical trials.

Detailed explanation-5: -As proof of the principle of DNA vaccination, immune responses in animals have been obtained using genes from a variety of infectious agents, including influenza virus, hepatitis B virus, human immunodeficiency virus, rabies virus, lymphocytic chorio-meningitis virus, malarial parasites and mycoplasmas.