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How much vaccine can India make? And the catch...


How much vaccine can India make? And the catch.
PB Jayakumar and Vinay Rai
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How much vaccine can India make? And the catch.
As coronavirus cases continue to rise in the country, the focus has  shifted to vaccination. India has administered over 10.45 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines cumulatively as of Monday morning. But in the clamour against vaccine shortage, the question is what is the total vaccine production capacity and how many COVID-19 vaccines can India produce?
The Department of Biotechnology had recently informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change that the estimated manufacturing capacity of Covishield is 70-100 million doses every month, while Covaxin has a planned production capacity of 12.5 million a month (150 million doses a year). However, neither is producing to full capacity as vaccine makers say they are not earning enough to plough ....

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