covid-19 vaccine candidates which are in different stages of clinical trial may get licensed in the next few weeks, Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.Five of the vaccine candidates, namely Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, Covaxin manufactured by Bharat Biotech, ZyCoV-D manufactured by Zydus Cadila, Sputnik V which is being manufactured by Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories and NVX-CoV2373 which is another vaccine by SII are in various stages of Clinical Trial.“Out of these, Covishield and Covaxin have also applied for Emergency Use Authorization.