Amid attempts to ramp up the Covid-19 vaccination drive in the country further, the Indian government on Sunday said that it targets to procure 20-25 crore coronavirus vaccine doses by July-end, and 30 crore doses in August-September, news agency ANI reported citing government sources. Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) will provide 10-12 crore doses of Covishield vaccine to Govt next month (June), the sources added. India is currently using made-in-India vaccines -- Covishield manufactured by SII and Covaxin of Bharat Biotech -- in its COVID-19 immunisation programme. Also, 20,63,839 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the country on Saturday, taking the total number of such exams so far to 34,31,83,748, the ministry said. Subscribe to Mint Newsletters * Enter a valid email * Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.

Source: Mint May 30, 2021 15:22 UTC