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Amid vaccine shortage, this manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu is lying idle for 9 years If functional, the IVC has the capacity to produce one billion vaccines annually. This means it can cater to a large part of the demand of Tamil Nadu as well as the rest of the country Akshaya Nath | May 28, 2021 | Updated 14:19 IST IVC was set up by HLL Biotech and is under the Union Health Ministry. (Representational image) Centre's state-of-the-art public sector vaccine manufacturing plant, Integrated Vaccine Complex (IVC), in Chengalpattu, near Chennai, has not only been lying idle but also not produc...

Public sector production units need to be used efficiently, with help from the private sector.

Once the Covid-19 vaccine is ready, the next big challenge with be the distribution and transport of these vaccines

Read more about I didn't 'destroy' India's self-sufficiency in vaccine production: Ramadoss on Business Standard. The Union health minister in the first term of the UPA government, Anbumani Ramadoss clarifies he did not close down govt-run vaccine manufacturing units

State told to file statement regarding number of vaccines received