One in late-stage testing, made by India's Bharat Biotech, uses a chimpanzee cold virus to deliver a harmless copy of the coronavirus spike protein to the lining of the nose.
India first authorized the use of the Serum Institute vaccine, which is called Covishield, and the Bharat vaccine, which is called COVAXIN. They started vaccinating people January 16th.
Another company, Bharat Biotech, also started developing its own homegrown vaccine based on the virus, which was then an inactivated virus-based vaccine, which has also received emergency-use authorization in India.
Bharat, Bharath, Bharata, Bharatam, Bhārat, or Bhārata may be a transliteration of either Bharata (Sanskrit:भरत, lit. "to be maintained") or Bhārata (Sanskrit:भारत, lit. "descended from Bharata") and may refer to:
a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947