India on Thursday unveiled its first indigenous vaccine against H1N1 influenza, which claimed over 18,000 lives globally and more than 1,000 in the country.
The country was earlier importing the vaccine from French company Sanofi Pasteurs for health workers and other high-risk people. The vaccine, produced by Zydus C
adilla, was launched on Thursday by Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad who took one of the first shots.
—PTI