India’s biggest vaccine shortage has been reported to last for months
The director general of the Indian Serum Institute, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, has warned that the shortage of property will last for months after the Narendra Modi government prepares a second devastating wave of coronavirus.
Adar Poonawall told the Financial Times that the severe shortage of vaccines in India will continue through July as production is expected to rise to a dose of around 60m-70m per month to around 100m.
Poonawall said the government took it “quietly” in January when new cases of coronavirus were rejected. “Everyone felt that India was really starting to turn around in the pandemic,” he said.