A worker fills Covid-19 vaccine phials at the Serum Institute of India factory in Pune. “We produce a 1.5bn vaccine doses each year. Instead, he says, “it was just a quick five-minute chat between myself and my father.” It was also, he admits, “a huge gamble – huge, huge, huge. Back in India, Poonawalla is building yet another factory. This $400m facility, which is due to open in 2024, is designed to produce 1bn vaccine doses a year.

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2021 07:52 UTC