Mint. The order was signed last week, sources confirmed. Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, joined hands with British-Swedish drugmaker to produce 1 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine.
The local version of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be known as Covishield.The central government in January ordered 11 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the Pune-based pharmaceutical.