Singh further assured that by December end, keeping with the timeline, the company will complete the recent supply order of 66 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses.
'All this has become possible under the dynamic leadership and kind direction of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, continuous support from team Ministry of Health and GoI, visionary leadership of our CEO, Dr Adar C Poonawalla, along with untiring efforts of Team SIIPL,' news agency PTI quoted a source as saying. “Starting from January 2021, we have supplied 66.33 crore doses of Covishield to MoHFW, Government of India in addition to supply of more than 7.77 crore doses to state governments and private hospitals till 19th September 2021 evening,' the pharmaceutical company stated.
The Pune-headquartered vaccine maker has enhanced the manufacturing capacity of Covishield to over 20 crore doses per month.
