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India approves world's first DNA Covid vaccine

ZyCoV-D prevents symptomatic disease in 66% of those vaccinated, the vaccine maker says.

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Indian workers give final touches to a huge mural made on a wall outside the Tambaram railway station to promote awareness on the Covid-19 coronavirus disease vaccination in Chennai, India, 04 July 2021

India approves world's first DNA Covid vaccine

ZyCoV-D prevents symptomatic disease in 66% of those vaccinated, the vaccine maker says.

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Indian workers give final touches to a huge mural made on a wall outside the Tambaram railway station to promote awareness on the Covid-19 coronavirus disease vaccination in Chennai, India, 04 July 2021

India approves world's first DNA Covid vaccine

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