This comes with a rider that Dr Reddy’s will initially be able to import a limited number of Sputnik V doses from Russia, and there would be no additional vaccines at the country’s disposal till mid-year.
MUMBAI: There would be a need for an additional 1.2 billion doses (assuming two jabs per person) from May, with the government opening up vaccination for everyone above 18 years. This is because an estimated 44% or around 600 million of the country’s population falls in the 18-45 years age group.
Assuming the ramped up capacity by June, three vaccine firms Serum Institute (100 m doses per month of Covishield), Bharat Biotech (10 m per month of Covaxin), and Dr Reddy’s (around 4 m doses per month of Sputnik V) will together be able to throw up only 115 million jabs per month, just about 10% of the total demand.
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