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The official also denied international media reports that India was banning the export of vaccines to meet local demand.
India produces about 80 percent of the world’s vaccines each year. Many countries, including Bangladesh, are awaiting the first shipment of coronavirus vaccine from India.
The Serum Institute of India is involved in the production and marketing of the coronavirus vaccine, jointly developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca.
The coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech along with the vaccine produced at the Seram Institute also received approval from the regulatory body of the Indian pharmaceutical sector for emergency use.
Indian officials hope to begin vaccinating citizens in the middle of this month.
The country’s second-largest country by population has set a goal of vaccinating 300 million people against the coronavirus by July.
The Indian Foreign Ministry official told the BBC that the government’s promise to vaccinate neighboring countries was still intact.
“Once we start vaccinating here, we will be allowed to export to some of our neighboring countries in South Asia within 15 days. We will give you some of these vaccines as a gift. The rest of the vaccines will be exported at the price at the price. that our government will buy the vaccines.
“As the largest vaccine producing country in the world, India is fully aware of its commitment to its neighbors as well as to the world,” the BBC quoted the Indian official as saying.
Indian Health Minister Rajesh Bhushan told reporters in Delhi on Tuesday that they were working towards the goal of starting vaccination within ten days of the approval date (January 3).
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