Oxford Vaccine Trial Resumes In India Says Serum Institute Of India.

Oxford vaccine trial resumes in India says Serum Institute of India.

Adar Poonawalla, the chief executive of Serum Institute of India (SII), has warned there won’t be enough vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for everyone in the world till the end of 2024, according to a report on Monday.The CEO of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer has estimated that the world will need around 15 billion doses of the Covid-19 shot if it is a two-dose vaccine.

 Oxford Vaccine Trial Resumes In India Says Serum Institute Of India.-TeluguStop.com

“It’s going to take four to five years until everyone gets the vaccine on this planet.

The Pune-based pharma firm has partnered with five international pharmaceutical firms, including AstraZeneca and Novavax, to develop a Covid-19 vaccine and committed to producing one billion doses, of which it has pledged half to India.

Poonawalla’s remarks came a day after Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said a vaccine against the coronavirus disease would be ready by early next year.“It may be ready by the first quarter of next year,” he had said.

On SII’s word to produce a billion doses, he said that the commitment far exceeded the capacity of other vaccine producers.“I know the world wants to be optimistic about it… [but] I have not heard of anyone coming even close to that [level] right now,” he told the business daily in a video call from London.

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