Amid the concerns regarding shortage of COVID vaccines , the Centre on Sunday said India will have nearly 12 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines available for domestic use in June. Therefore, in June 2021 close to 12 crore (11,95,70,000) doses will be available for the national COVID vaccination programme," it said. increasing the production from 1 crore vaccine doses in April to 6-7 crore vaccine doses/month in July- August. "It is expected to reach nearly 10 crore doses per month by September 2021," a statement said. During a COVID review meeting, the Union Minister said, "Between August and December 2021, India will have procured 216 crore vaccine doses, while by July this year, 51 crore doses will be procured."

Source: Mint May 30, 2021 08:48 UTC