This was announced by the head of the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandavia on his Twitter page.
“India is expanding its vaccine basket!
Johnson & Johnson's single-component COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in India, ”the minister wrote.
Earlier, the head of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Randeep Guleria, on the air of the NDTV channel, said that the country's authorities intend to start vaccination of children against coronavirus by September this year.