CoviVac (disambiguation)

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CoviVac may refer to:

  • CoviVac (Russia), a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Chumakov Centre in Russia. It is an inactivated virus vaccine, meaning it uses a coronavirus that has been killed to stimulate an immune response without causing disease. The vaccine is part of Russia's efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside other vaccines such as Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona.
  • CoviVac (India), a term sometimes mistakenly used to refer to Covaxin, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in India. Covaxin is also an inactivated virus vaccine and plays a significant role in India's vaccination campaign against COVID-19.

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