In Touch With US Organisations For Procurement Of Covid Vaccines: Centre

Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi said India remains engaged with US entities on the prospect of procuring vaccines from the US and also perhaps manufacturing them in India.

India is engaged with American entities for procurement of COVID-19 vaccines from the US and their possible manufacturing in the country subsequently, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. Hit by a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, India has been focusing on ramping up domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines as well their procurement from abroad. "We remain engaged with US entities on the prospect of procuring vaccines from the US and also perhaps manufacturing them in India subsequently," Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing. "This would augment our vaccine availability. Once this is available, whether it is through procurement or subsequent manufacturing," he said.