S𒁃erum Institute of India (SII) on Thursday promised supply of around 20 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield in September to Centre and private hospitals.
According to official sources, the Pune-based vaccine manufacturer SII has alreadಌy supplied 12 crore doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in August.
Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at SII, Prakash Kumar Singh has communicated to the Union Health M♔inistry that the firm has further enhanced its production capacity and it will be able to supply approximately 20 crore doses of Covishield in September itself to Government of India and private hospitals, an official source said.
In a production plan submitted to the Centre in May, SII's director had communicated that the production of Covishield would be ramped up ꦛto 10 crore each in August and September, sources had said.
Later in May-end, Singh communicated to Union Home Minister Amit Shah tha🥃t Covishield production would be ramped up to 10 crore doses in June.
"We are committed to enhancing the production capacity of our Covishield vaccine and have been working round-the-clock in spite of various challenges being faced by us b🌺ecause of COVID-19 pandemic.
"We are pleased to inform that in the month of June we will be able to manufacture and supply nine to 10 crore doses of our Covishield vaccine to our country as compared to our present production caꦓpacity of 6.5 crore doses in May," he had said in a communication💃 to Shah.
(With PTI Inputs)
