We are still pricing it far cheaper and more affordable than other vaccines we have in the market today,” Mr. Poonawalla said. Nobody can answer that for any of the vaccines today,” Mr. Poonawalla said. “But that will be for a limited use for frontline workers, healthcare workers and elderly people,” he added. Children would have to wait a little longer till the safety data is out, but the good news is that COVID-19 is not so bad and serious for them, Mr. Poonawalla said. Mr. Poonawalla said the Oxford vaccine was affordable, safe and could be stored at a temperature of two to eight degrees Celsius, which was an ideal temperature for it to be stored in the cold storages of India.

Source: The Hindu November 19, 2020 23:09 UTC