UK govt engaged Astrazaneca and Oxford university to research on a vaccine. As soon as the research progressed andenteres first stage trials, UK govt engaged SII-Poonawala to ram up their manufacturing capacity so they could start product-
(2/7) -ion as soon as the trails finished. As the trials were continuing with positive results more and more countries were paying SII-Poonawala in advance to ramp up the capacity.
In the meanwhile Adar Poolawala reached out to GOI asking for 3000cr INR suggesting that Indian
(3/7) govt should also be securing some capacity and SII in its own capacity can’t do it and would need mor funds. GOI totally ignored this repeated request.
When the Vaccines passed trials and were being manufactured, GOI ensured to stick their Pictures on the exports and do