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COVID-19 vaccine distribution could take 4 years: Adar Poonawalla

CEO of Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, speaking to the media has stated that it will take at least four years to make coronavirus vaccines which will be adequate for the entire world.

COVID-19 vaccine distribution could take 4 years: Adar Poonawalla
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The CEO of Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, speaking to the media has stated that it will take at least four years to make coronavirus vaccines which will be adequate for the entire world.

According to Financial Times, he stated that the long wait was due to the fact that pharmaceutical companies were not ramping up their production levels quickly enough to vaccinate the global population in less time. Moreover, he added that the world will need 15 billion doses of vaccine if it is taken in two steps.

The Serum Institute of India (SII) had earlier initiated human trials for its much talked about ‘Covishield’ vaccine. This vaccine is jointly developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca and is considered to be one of the leading candidates to make the final cut.

The first patients for Covishield’s human trials were screened and approved by Pune’s Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College and Hospital. It is said that the hospital aims to have up to 300 to 350 participants for this trial.

Positioned to be at the forefront of India’s COVID-19 vaccine push, Serum Institute is the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, producing doses of vaccines annually for use in more than 170 countries to protect against many infectious diseases, such as polio, measles and influenza.

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