PM Modi lauds scientists as India approves COVID-19 vaccines, says a decisive turning point
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the scientists and innovators of Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India (SII) after the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) approved the ingeniously developed Covaxin and Oxford's Covishield for emergency use on Sunday.
FollowNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the nation and thanked the scientific and healthcare community on Sunday after the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) officially approved Oxford-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use.
Hailing the approval given to two coronavirus vaccines as a "decisive turning point" in the spirited fight against the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that this will accelerate the process for India to become a COVID-free nation.
Further, in a series of tweets, PM Modi pointed out that the approval given for the two vaccines Made in India will make every Indian proud and highlighted that it showed the eagerness of the scientific community in India to fulfil the dream of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat.        Â
PM Modi also reiterated gratitude to the doctors, medical staff, scientists, police personnel, sanitation workers and noted that the society will remain grateful to them for eternity.
Covishield, the vaccine developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca, is being manufactured for India and other countries by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, while Coxavin is India’s first domestic Covid-19 vaccine made by the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech.
