SII can export 50L Covishield doses: Centre
New Delhi: 22.11.2021
The Union government allowed the Serum Institute of India (SII) to export 50 lakh doses of Covid vaccine — Covishield — under the UN-backed COVAX global vaccine programme to Nepal, Tajikistan and Mozambique, sources said on Sunday. In addition to these three countries, the SII will also export Covishield to Bangladesh under COVAX, they said. The SII will commence Covid vaccine export under the COVAX programme from November 23 and Nepal will receive the first lot of Covishield on November 24.
The move comes on the heels of SII urging the government to fast-track Covishield movement, citing the difficulties being faced in production and cold chain space planning for other vaccines because of the increasing stock of its Covid jab, said sources on Sunday. PTI
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