India's Serum Institute to boost vaccine exports gradually: report

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The Serum Institute of India, which produces the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, will resume small exports via the global vaccine-sharing platform Covax this month and raise it substantially by January, its head told The Telegraph.

"Our exports to Covax will recommence again in October, initially these supplies will be small but by January 2022, once we have satisfied domestic demands — people forget that India is still a lower-middle-income country — we will see large volumes go to Covax," Chief Executive Adar Poonawalla told the British newspaper.

Vials of AstraZeneca's Covishield coronavirus vaccine, are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. — Reuters
Vials of AstraZeneca's Covishield coronavirus vaccine, are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. — Reuters

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