COVID-19 vaccine: Centre permits Mumbai s Haffkine Institute to produce Covaxin
In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte, Renu Swarup, Secretary in Department of Biotechnology, said Haffkine Institute can manufacture the vaccine doses.
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The Maharashtra government will appoint a senior officer to monitor and complete the project, which will increase availability of Covaxin, in time.
The Centre has given its nod to Mumbai-based Haffkine Institute to manufacture Bharat Biotech s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin.
During a video-conference between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers of the states, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had requested to allow Haffkine Institute, run by the Maharashtra government, to manufacture Covaxin.
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PM meet: Maharashtra CM seeks more vaccination centres, Haffkine nod
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday sought approval for starting more vaccination centres to expedite inoculation in the state and demanded that Mumbai-based Haffkine Institute be allowed to produce the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday sought approval for starting more vaccination centres to expedite inoculation in the state and demanded that Mumbai-based Haffkine Institute be allowed to produce the COVID-19 vaccine. According to an official statement, Thackeray raised the demand during Prime Minister Narendra Modi s interaction via video conferencing with chief ministers of some states amid the surge in COVID-19 cases.
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