According to the ministry, due to increasing cases of corona in India, there will be an increase in the domestic demand for vaccine in the coming weeks and the vaccine will be needed here.
Although the authorities have called it a time step, but it will affect the vaccine exports till the end of April.
It will affect about 190 countries covered under the Kovacs scheme.
The aim of the ongoing Kovacs scheme under the leadership of the World Health Organization is to ensure the corona vaccine in all countries.
India has sent 60 million doses of vaccine to 76 countries
India has so far sent about 60 million doses of corona vaccine to 76 countries.
On Wednesday, around 47 thousand new cases of infection were reported and 275 people died.
This is the largest number of corona infects in a single day in India in the year 2021.
India has decided to give vaccines to all people above 45 years of age from April 1. Therefore, there is a huge increase in the demand for vaccines.
A source in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs told correspondent Sautik Biswas , “The export ban has been imposed for some time and domestic demand has to be given priority.”
Waiting for the statement of Serum Institute
A source in the ministry told about Corona cases that Reuters there will be no export from Thursday until the situation in India stabilizes.
However, so far no official statement has come from the Government of India or the serum-making company of the vaccine, Serum Institute of India.
SII, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines, has currently stopped the AstraZeneca vaccine consignments going to the UK, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Morocco.
The Government of India started the Corona Vaccine Program from January 16 and so far four crore 70 lakh people have been given the vaccine. But in the meantime, the possibility of a second wave of Corona in India has increased.
Officials in India are expecting to give corona vaccine to 600 million people in the next seven months.
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