“India expands its vaccine basket! Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is given approval for Emergency Use in India. Now India has 5 EUA vaccines. This will further boost our nation's collective fight against COVID19,” said the country’s Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in a tweet on Saturday.

India expands its vaccine basket!

Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is given approval for Emergency Use in India.

Now India has 5 EUA vaccines.

This will further boost our nation's collective fight against #COVID19

— Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) August 7, 2021

However, Johnson & Johnson said it was too early to give a delivery timeline.

The company applied for emergency use approval of its vaccine on Friday.

The shot will be brought to India through a supply agreement with homegrown vaccine maker Biological E Ltd, the company said.

Currently, India has the largest number of confirmed cases in Asia. As of 7 August 2021, India has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the world (after the United States) with 31,897,413 reported cases of COVID-19 infection and the third-highest number of COVID-19 deaths (after the United States and Brazil) at 427,488 deaths. (ILKHA)