New Delhi: The Union Home Minister Harsh Vardhan said that India may begin vaccinating people for Covid-19 in January. Speaking to the media persons on Saturday the government’s priority has been the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

“I personally feel may be in January in any stage or any week, there can be a time when we can be in a position to give first Covid vaccine shot to the people of India,” said Harsh Vardhan. The vaccines that have applied for emergency use authorization are being analysed by the drug regulator, he said. India is not less than any country when it comes to Covid-19 vaccine and research. Our priority has been the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, he said. The Minister said that the country’s scientists and health experts have worked on an indigenous vaccine and in the next six to seven months, India will have the capacity to inoculate about 30 crore people.

There are six Covid -19 vaccine candidates in different clinical trial stages in India including Covishield, Covaxin, and ZyCoV-D, Sputnik V, NVX-CoV2373 and a recombinant protein antigen-based vaccine.