Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the first commercial batch of Covaxin on Sunday from Bharat Biotech’s new facility in Ankleshwar, Gujarat.
Mansukh Mandaviya said, “India is focused on slowing the spread of Covid-19 in the country and the key to that is delivering vaccines quickly and efficiently. We want to ensure fair access to the vaccine for every Indian citizen, and the expansion of Covaxin production facilities by Bharat Biotech will bring us closer to this goal. “
The health minister went to Twitter to discuss the importance of the vaccination campaign in fighting the pandemic and said the launch will “increase the availability of vaccines in the country and help reach every Indian with the vaccine”.
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-Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) August 29, 2021
At the launch, Mansukh Mandaviya said production of Covaxin has started at the Ankleshwar facility and a billion vaccines are being shipped monthly from Bharat Biotech’s new facility.
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In May, Bharat Biotech announced its plan to Increase vaccine production to 1 billion doses per year. With this goal in mind, the company had announced that it would now also produce Covaxin in a production facility in Ankleshwar in Gujarat.
Dr. Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech, said, “We want to ensure that Bharat Biotech can meet the demand for Covaxin so that people across the country and around the world can have access to the vaccine and secure their health.” Safety. Our goal of developing a vaccine with global safety and efficacy standards has now been achieved, we are now marching towards the goal of an annualized capacity of ~ 1.0 billion doses. “
The jabs manufactured at the Ankleshwar plant will be available from September 2021.
Ms. Suchitra Ella, Co-Managing Director of Bharat Biotech, added: “I am pleased to announce that our efforts over the past year have borne fruit and we are now a few steps closer to our goal of delivering Covaxin to all parts of the world and overseas. The pandemic has hit people all over the world and only through concerted efforts can we hope to mitigate its spread and effects. “
MINISTER OF HEALTH ON INDIA’S COVID PREPARATION
About India’s readiness to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, Mansukh Mandaviya said: “Ambulances must already be rented at block level, 1 crore medication must be procured at district level,” and added: “Money is also provided for hospital beds.”
The Minister of Health also said about 10,000 kg of oxygen will be collected and tanks will be procured to help the nation fight the pandemic.
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