10/11/2026
Vials and medical syringe are seen in front of J&J logo in this illustration. Illustration: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine/ Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Johnson & Johnson expresses interest in manufacturing COVID-19 vaccine in India.

Vials and medical syringes in front of a J&J logo. Illustration: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

New Delhi:  Johnson & Johnson is interested in manufacturing its COVID – 19 vaccine in India, a government official told a news conference on Tuesday.

India also currently has no concern over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine that is being used in the country’s massive inoculation campaign, Vinod Kumar Paul said.

(Reuters – Reporting by Krishna N. Das and Sai Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Gareth Jones)