As Vaccine Drive Lags, Serum Institute Sits on 55 Million Covishield Doses Awaiting Government's Call
Why did the Government of India not purchase 50 million doses of Covishield instead of mixing Covaxin and Covishield doses in the vaccination drive?
A paramedic receives a dose of Covishield at the Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, January 29, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave
Health03/Feb/2021
Mumbai: The Serum Institute of India, Pune, is sitting on over 55 million doses of Covidshield and has temporarily halted production of more because there is no offtake from the government, according to sources familiar with the matter. And this delay persists despite a need for doses going even by the government’s own goal of administering 3.33 million per day.