{"id":78754,"date":"2021-01-28T18:05:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T12:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=78754"},"modified":"2021-03-01T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:37:37","slug":"bbv154-a-bharat-biotechs-intranasal-vaccine-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bbv154-a-bharat-biotechs-intranasal-vaccine-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;BBV154&#8221; A Bharat Biotech\u2019s Intranasal Vaccine vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the news?<br \/>\n<\/strong>An expert body is looking into Bharat Biotech\u2019s application for testing its\u00a0 Covid-19 vaccine, BBV154. This is an Intranasal Vaccine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Intranasal Vaccine?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vaccines are administered as injectable shots into the muscles(intramuscular). Or the tissue just between the skin and the muscles(subcutaneous).<\/li>\n<li>However, with intranasal vaccines, the solution is sprayed into the nostrils and inhaled instead of injecting it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Benefits of Intranasal Vaccine:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The nasal route has excellent potential for vaccination due to the organized immune systems of the nasal mucosa.\n<ul>\n<li>It is non-invasive, Needle-free.<\/li>\n<li>Ease of administration \u2013 does not require trained health care workers.<\/li>\n<li>Elimination of needle-associated risks (injuries and infections).<\/li>\n<li>High compliance (Ideally suits for children and adults).<\/li>\n<li>Reduces the overall cost of a vaccination drive as for example BBV154 requires a single-dose regimen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Potential Setbacks of Intranasal Vaccine:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Past attempts to develop intranasal vaccines, including for measles flu, have not been very successful.<\/li>\n<li>These vaccines use live, weakened viruses, but have never cleared clinical trials.<\/li>\n<li>Only a live attenuated influenza flu vaccine has been licensed through this route of delivery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-understanding-bbv154-bharat-biotechs-single-dose-intranasal-covid-19-vaccine-7160945\/\">Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the news? An expert body is looking into Bharat Biotech\u2019s application for testing its\u00a0 Covid-19 vaccine, BBV154. This is an Intranasal Vaccine. What is Intranasal Vaccine? Vaccines are administered as injectable shots into the muscles(intramuscular). Or the tissue just between the skin and the muscles(subcutaneous). However, with intranasal vaccines, the solution is sprayed&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bbv154-a-bharat-biotechs-intranasal-vaccine-vaccine\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;BBV154&#8221; A Bharat Biotech\u2019s Intranasal Vaccine vaccine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":78862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,7965,9],"tags":[1315,1289,1456,1472],"class_list":["post-78754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-st_1","tag-soc_0","tag-soc_01","tag-vaccine_related_issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BBV154-Bharat-Biotechs-Covid-19-vaccine.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704750541},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}