India resumes COVID-19 vaccine exports as domestic stocks build up: Officials

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NEW DELHI: India has resumed a small amount of exports of COVID-19 vaccines and will increase exports significantly in the next few months as domestic stocks build up and most of its own large population is inoculated, officials said on Wednesday (Oct 13). One million shots of Covaxin produced by Indian co

NEW DELHI: India has resumed a small amount of exports of COVID-19 vaccines and will increase exports significantly in the next few months as domestic stocks build up and most of its own large population is inoculated, officials said on Wednesday .

Vaccines have also been sent to Nepal, a government source said, adding that the effort is focused on neighbouring nations. But now that three-quarters of the adult population have had one shot and a third have had both shots, India is poised to play an important role in meeting foreign nations' vaccine requirements, said VK Paul, who heads the government's task force on COVID-19.

With a few other locally developed vaccines moving closer to production or clearing regulatory approvals, India is expected to be producing 300-320 million shots a month by early next year - more than the average 210 million doses it administers to its people each month, the officials said.

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