In a televised media briefing on Thursday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize informed about the development. Treasury has confirmed that the Serum Institute of India has fully refunded us for the remaining 500,000 doses that had not been delivered to South Africa and the money is already in our bank account, he said.
SII, the world s largest drug manufacturer, is producing millions of doses of the vaccine.
Quote All of the AstraZeneca vaccines have been salvaged I want to clarify this quite clearly, as this now closes the matter of the AstraZeneca vaccine and also we close it without incurring any fruitless and wasteful expenditure. We want to indicate that all of the AstraZeneca vaccines have been salvaged, he said.
Nepal asks India to facilitate supply of Covid-19 vaccine
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Nepal asks India to facilitate supply of Covid-19 vaccine
PTI / Updated: Apr 9, 2021, 23:11 IST
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KATHMANDU: Nepal s Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Friday called his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar and requested him to facilitate the supply of the vaccine against the COVID-19.
Gyawali had a telephone conversation with Jaishankar to discuss the cooperation in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the Foreign Ministry here said. During the conversation, the two sides exchanged views on intensifying efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Foreign Minister Gyawali expressed sincere thanks to the Government of India for supporting Nepal in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, including through the generous gift of one million doses of COVISHIELD, it said in a statement.
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US, Europe holding back critical raw material needed for Covid vaccine production: SII CEO Adar Poonawalla
Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla has said that vaccine production in India has been impacted as Europe and the US have halted the export of critical raw material.
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File photo of Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Pune-based Serum Institute of India (Photo Credits: PTI)
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Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), has told India Today TV that the production of Covid vaccines in the country has been impacted as Europe and the US have banned the export of critical raw material.
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The notice comes after Serum Institute delayed shipment of vaccines to the UK, and later did not meet its obligations to other countries that are part of the Covax programme. Serum Institute has attributed the delay to the Centre’s decision to halt vaccine exports, while its CEO, Adar Poonawalla, according to media reports, said SII would prioritise domestic needs temporarily.
(This story originally appeared in on Apr 08, 2021)The UK-headquartered drug firm AstraZeneca has served a legal notice to its manufacturing partner, Pune-based Serum Institute of India, over delays in the supply of its Covid-19 vaccine.
The notice comes after Serum Institute delayed shipment of vaccines to the UK, and later did not meet its obligations to other countries that are part of the Covax programme. Serum Institute has attributed the delay to the Centre’s decision to halt vaccine exports, while its CEO, Adar Poonawalla, according to media reports, said SII would prioritise domestic