President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid has said he had received two doses of the Covishield vaccine manufactured in India.<br />''<br />''Covishield vaccine, which has been developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, is manufactured in India by Pune-based Serum Institute of India. At his first&nbsp; press conference, Mr Shahid said, he does not know how many countries would say that Covishield is acceptable or not, but a large portion of the countries have got Covishield .<br />''<br />''He was responding to a question on whether any Covid vaccine should be recognised and considered or the ones that have been validated by the World Health Organisation or any other group.<br />
News On AIR | October 3, 2021 1:50 PM
UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid says, he received two doses of Covishield vaccine manufactured in India