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Hyderabad s Bharat Biotech to start producing vaccines in Pune too
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Pune, May 14 : The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Ltd will soon start manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines in Pune, through subsidiary Biovet Pvt Ltd, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar announced on Friday. It will take around three months for the company to start production of vaccines from this facility, Pawar told media persons.
The state would also request the BBIL to give priority to supply vaccines to Maharashtra after fulfilling its commitments to the Centre, he added.
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Vaccine production gradually ramped up, says Centre
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The vaccine production was expected to increase in the next couple of months, it stated
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The vaccine production was expected to increase in the next couple of months, it stated
The Centre informed the Supreme Court that the production capacity of COVID-19 vaccines had been “gradually ramped up” in the light of the immunisation drive.
“In times of grave and unprecedented crisis when the nation is fighting a disaster of unprecedented magnitude, the executive functioning of the government needs discretion to formulate policy in larger interest. It is submitted that in view of the unprecedented and peculiar circumstances under which vaccination drive is devised as an executive policy, the wisdom of the executive should be trusted,” it noted.