The approval of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin for Emergency use Listing (EUL) from the World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected at any time soon, said Dr VK Paul, NITI Aayog member (Health) on Tuesday.
In an interview with ANI, Dr Paul said that data sharing and data evaluation are going on. "A positive decision to come soon," he noted.
"Positive developments are in this regard. Data sharing and data evaluation have been going on through multiple reviews. We are close to a decision point. We believe that a positive decision could be coming in, before the end of the month," he said.
Dr Paul, who is also the head of the COVID task force, asserted that time must be given to such things.
"We must give time to WHO to make their decisions based on science. However, we hope that these decisions can be taken quickly because people who are receiving Covaxin have certain imperatives of travel. Most of us, who chose the concurrency, is important in terms of licensure. We are hoping for an early decision."