Prognosis
India Builds Up Covid Vaccine Stocks to Lift Shipments Globally
- Three more Covid-19 vaccines in India under development
- Vaccine exports stopped in April due to deadly second wave
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India is building up a stockpile of Covid vaccine doses with 250 million shots prepared and three more vaccines under development, a government official said on Wednesday, which will go some way to help the country meet its export commitments.
Most of these doses will be given to neighboring countries and will also meet India’s commitments to the World Health Organization’s Covax initiative for poorer nations, said V. K. Paul, a member of a government think-tank that advises Prime Minister Narendra Modi.