New Delhi: Covaxin’s first commercial batch was released on Sundays from the new Bharat Biotech factory in Ankleshwar in the Bharuch Gujarat district by the Mavaviya Union Health Minister.
“Vaccination is the most important thing to strengthen the country’s fight against Coronavirus.
Releasing the first commercial batch #Covaxin from Bharat Biotech plants in Ankleshwar, Gujarat today.
This will increase the supply of vaccines in the country and will help vaccine achieve every Indian vaccine,” Mandaviya Tweeted immediately after the event.
The government has earlier this month giving approval to the manufacturing plant based on Ankleshwar Bharat Biotech to produce anti-covid-19 covaxin vaccines.
In May, Bharat Biotech announced that it was planning to produce an additional 200 million covaxin doses at ankleshwar-based facilities for subsidiaries.
The Hyderabad-based company has noted that it will utilize its fully owned unit manufacturing factory, Chiron Behring, to add 200 million other covaxin doses.
India manages 63.09 Covid-19 vaccination crore doses on national travel until Sunday morning, according to data released by the Ministry of Health Union.