New Delhi: India has resumed a small amount of exports covid-19 vaccines And exports will increase significantly over the next few months as domestic stocks build up and most of its large population is vaccinated, officials said on Wednesday.
a million shots covaxin Produced by Bharat Biotech Was deported to Iran last week, the Indian embassy in Tehran said.
Vaccines have also been sent to Nepal, a government source said, adding that efforts are focused on neighboring countries.
So far about 40 lakh shots have been exported, the source said, a small amount in proportion to the elaborate vaccine diplomacy. Narendra ModiThe government started this year before stopping a second wave of infections.
But now that three-fourths of the adult population has received one shot and a third has received both, India is poised to play an important role in meeting the vaccine requirements of foreign countries, said VK Paul, who heads the government on Covid-19. heads the task force. -19.
“As India’s needs are met, there will be a huge stockpile of vaccines going forward,” Paul told reporters.
Serum Institute is producing 220 million shots Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine He said that per month, up from 150 million in August, and Bharat Biotech is supplying 30 million shots of its domestic vaccine, that will increase to 50 million next month.
With few other locally developed vaccines moving closer to production or seeking regulatory approval, India is expected to produce 300-320 million shots a month by early next year – an average of more than 210 million doses. He gives every month to his people. officials said.
“While imagining the huge availability of vaccines for the next year, we expect the vaccines made in India to play an important role in tackling the pandemic across the world,” Paul said.
India is the world’s largest vaccine maker. Paul said it would cross the 1 billion mark for vaccine doses administered since the start of its mass campaign to vaccinate all adult Indians in the next two or three days.
a million shots covaxin Produced by Bharat Biotech Was deported to Iran last week, the Indian embassy in Tehran said.
Vaccines have also been sent to Nepal, a government source said, adding that efforts are focused on neighboring countries.
So far about 40 lakh shots have been exported, the source said, a small amount in proportion to the elaborate vaccine diplomacy. Narendra ModiThe government started this year before stopping a second wave of infections.
But now that three-fourths of the adult population has received one shot and a third has received both, India is poised to play an important role in meeting the vaccine requirements of foreign countries, said VK Paul, who heads the government on Covid-19. heads the task force. -19.
“As India’s needs are met, there will be a huge stockpile of vaccines going forward,” Paul told reporters.
Serum Institute is producing 220 million shots Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine He said that per month, up from 150 million in August, and Bharat Biotech is supplying 30 million shots of its domestic vaccine, that will increase to 50 million next month.
With few other locally developed vaccines moving closer to production or seeking regulatory approval, India is expected to produce 300-320 million shots a month by early next year – an average of more than 210 million doses. He gives every month to his people. officials said.
“While imagining the huge availability of vaccines for the next year, we expect the vaccines made in India to play an important role in tackling the pandemic across the world,” Paul said.
India is the world’s largest vaccine maker. Paul said it would cross the 1 billion mark for vaccine doses administered since the start of its mass campaign to vaccinate all adult Indians in the next two or three days.
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