The US company, whose vaccine was recently approved by the British government, has written to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), CNN-News18 reported citing a government source. Also Read- Pfizer says its Covid-19 vaccine is over 90% effectivePfizer could not immediately be reached. Indian officials have said they are pinning their hopes mainly on locally tested vaccines instead of those developed by Pfizer and Moderna Inc. The Pfizer shot needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius (-94 F) or below, temperatures that most Indian cold storages cannot reach. India has reported more 9.57 million Covid-19 cases, behind only the United States, with nearly 140,000 deaths.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 06, 2020 03:56 UTC