New Delhi: Chief Executive Officer of Serum Institute of India (SII) Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday said that the covid-19 vaccine doubt was the biggest threat in overcoming a pandemic.
The SII’s head also urged all adults to be vaccinated as soon as possible.
“The vaccine industry has worked tirelessly to provide sufficient stock for the nation.
Today there are more than 200 million doses available with the state.
Vaccine doubt now is the biggest threat in overcoming this pandemic.” He added.
SII is the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world and has produced hundreds of millions of doses of covishield.
The company has also exported the Covid-19 vaccine to the WHO supported Covax under the initiative of the Indian Government Maitri vaccine.
Recently, this center has launched a ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign which aims to ensure that all adult populations are covered with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
In an interactive session, Dr.
Manohar Agnani, the additional secretary of the Ministry of Health Union also said that the target reached at least 90 percent of single-dose vaccination.
Dr.
Agnani also emphasizes the importance of taking vaccine doses.