Covaxin has demonstrated 77.8% effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19 and 65.2% protection against the new Delta variant
According to sero-surveys, India has about 400 million children, of whom nearly 60% or 240 million have already developed antibodies
For final clearance, the recommendations have been sent to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
Australia had imposed very strict travel restrictions on people travelling in and out of the country
For ramping up production of Covaxin, Bharat Biotech has collaborated with Indian Immunologiclas and Hester Biosciences
The new facility at Ankleshwar has a manufacturing capacity of more than 1 crore doses per month.
The manufacturer had announced in May that it would produce an additional 200 million doses of Covaxin at its subsidiary's Ankleshwar-based facility.
Bharat Biotech will be mixing Covaxin, which is administered intramuscularly, with a nasal inoculation based on a different vector.
The termination comes after the deal with the Brazilian government landed in controversy and attracted a graft probe by authorities
According to WHO, EUL is a procedure to streamline the process by which new or unlicensed products can be used during public health emergencies.