What is in news : Italy has recognised Covishield vaccine against the Coronavirus

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• Developed by Oxford University in collaboration with Astrazeneca.
• Pune-based Serum Institute of India is their manufacturing and trial partner.
• It uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vector based on a weakened version of a common cold virus.
• This virus causes infections in chimpanzees and contains the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein.