Centre decentralised vaccination process on incessant requests by States, says Dr. PaulIndia’s top COVID-19 adviser Dr. V.K. Paul has said the States had coerced the Centre into expanding the availability of vaccines despite being aware of being inadequately prepared. Dr. Paul said the country would produce 10 crore doses of Covaxin by October. Additionally, the three PSUs (Public Sector Undertaking) will together aim to produce up to 4.0 crore doses by December. With the constant encouragement of the government, the Serum Institute of India was ramping up Covishield production of 6.5 crore doses a month to 11.0 crore doses, Dr. Paul said.

Source: The Hindu May 27, 2021 09:04 UTC