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Mission 18+ Vaccine: What's the deal with Serum Institute of India?

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"It is clarified that 100 per cent advance of Rs 1,732.50 crore was released to Serum Institute of India (SII) on April 28 for 11 crore doses of Covishield vaccine during May, June and July, and was received by them on April 28. As on date, against the last order of 10 crore doses for supplies of Covishield vaccine, 8.744 crore doses have been delivered till May 3," the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.

"As of today, we received total orders of over 26 crore doses of which we supplied more than 15 crore doses. We have also got 100 per cent advance of Rs 1,732.50 crore by GoI for the next tranche of 11 crore doses in the next few months. Another 11 crore doses would be supplied in the second channel for states and private hospitals in the next few months," Poonawalla said in a statement.
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18+ vaccination, Adar Poonawalla, Coronavirus Vaccine
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