Serum Institute resumes Covishield exports under COVAX facility

SII said its supply of doses via COVAX was expected to increase substantially into the first quarter of 2022

Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's biggest vaccine maker, said on Friday it shipped the first batch of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, branded as Covishield, to the COVAX vaccine-sharing programme after an eight-month hiatus.
 

India in March put a temporary hold on all major exports of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shot made by the family-run firm in order to inoculate its own citizens as the country struggled to manage a devastating surge of COVID-19 cases.
 

The resumption of exports was linked to SII surpassing its original target to produce 1 billion doses of Covishield by the end of the year, the