AP Interview: Vaccine maker sees pandemic as 'wake-up call' by Aniruddha Ghosal, The Associated Press Posted Dec 11, 2020 3:20 am EDT Last Updated Dec 11, 2020 at 3:26 am EDT In this undated photograph, employees at the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines, work at their facility in Pune, India. The Institute is further increasing its capacity for the coronavirus: from being able to make 1.5 billion shots in a year right now, to over 2.5 billion doses by the end of 2021. In a telephonic interview with the Associated Press, Chief Executive Adar Poonawalla, 39, said that he anticipates more viruses jumping from animal to human host. He said that the added capacity would be very useful in coming decades. (Serum Institute of India via AP)