Key takeaways from this crucial interview with @adarpoonawalla:1) Do we have enough vaccines for everybody? 'Absolutely not' says the SII CEO. Hopes to ramp up capacity with govt help and bank loans in 2-3 months
https://twitter.com/ETNOWlive/status/1379426394124349441
2)Capacity expansion delayed because of Jan fire at SII. @adarpoonawalla hopes to get capacity of 40-50 mn additional doses by June. #VaccineIndia #Covid19India #CovishieldVaccine
3) 'Never imagined will need so many doses in India' says @adarpoonawalla. Cycle of mfg to delivery of vaccines is 85 days
4) Important & under reported: A US embargo on export of vaccine raw materials will halve @SerumInstIndia capacity for Covovax Apr onwards. Finding alternatives will take 6 months @adarpoonawalla #VaccineIndia
5) Quote of the day: "Vaccines are not a bulletproof vest. Nothing works a 100%", Basically vaccines will protect you from death and severe disease. You may still get Covid 19 @adarpoonawalla @SerumInstIndia #VaccineIndia
6) Vaccine for kids: @SerumInstIndia will be applying to regulators to allow vaccine for kids based on Oxford-Astra data. We could have a vaccine for kids in 6 months.
Since there is a lot of flak on this statement, I urge everyone to watch the whole QnA and get the context. Adar talks about how the sudden surge of cases took him by surprise. The clamor for more vaccines started with the surge. Full interview here
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