Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 27 (ANI): Amid the country-wide shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hand over the Integrated Vaccine Complex at Chengalpattu near Chennai owned by HLL Bio-Tech Ltd to the State government for vaccine production with the help of a private partner.
Stalin urges PM to hand over Integrated Vaccine Complex to TN on lease
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May 27, 2021 16:01 IST
“I am very keen that this modern facility must be made functional immediately in the interest of our State as well our nation. This would substantially enhance the nation’s vaccine production capacity,” the TN CM said in a letter to PM Modi
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A view of the Integrated Vaccine Complex in Chengalpattu | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B
“I am very keen that this modern facility must be made functional immediately in the interest of our State as well our nation. This would substantially enhance the nation’s vaccine production capacity,” the TN CM said in a letter to PM Modi
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The modern and high capacity vaccine manufacturing facility, the Integrated Vaccine Complex, is lying unutilised, Stalin said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Chief Minister M K Stalin
Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday urged the Centre to hand over its vaccine manufacturing facility near here to the Tamil Nadu government on lease to commence vaccine production.
The modern and high capacity vaccine manufacturing facility, the Integrated Vaccine Complex, is lying unutilised, Stalin said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Pointing out that mass vaccination is the most potent weapon available now to fight COVID-19, he said commencing vaccine production at this complex would substantially enhance the nation s capacity