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India to start Covid-19 vaccine supply with 20 million doses to neighbours

An Indian state-run company will buy vaccines from the Serum Institute of India Ltd. and Bharat Biotech International Ltd. for supplying to Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Seychelles

Workers unload the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine, dispatched from Punes Serum Institute of India, from a temperature-controlled truck to a storage facility in Bengaluru, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)
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Workers unload the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine, dispatched from Punes Serum Institute of India, from a temperature-controlled truck to a storage facility in Bengaluru, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)

Shruti Srivastava and Chris Kay | Bloomberg
India, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of inoculations, plans to offer 20 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to its neighbours as it draws up a policy to supply vials to countries across the globe, people with knowledge of the matter said.

An Indian state-run company will buy vaccines from the Serum Institute of India Ltd. and Bharat Biotech International Ltd. for supplying to Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Seychelles and Mauritius, the people said, asking not to be identified as the plan is still under discussion. Some of supplies may be free and treated as aid, they added.

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