Published on: September 27, 2021

COVISHIELD

COVISHIELD

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

About :

  • 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.