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title: "Shortage in Vaccine, Serum Institute of India to Increase Production - Covid-19"  
description: "Serum Institute of India & Bharat Biotech possesses to submit their manufacturing proposal for the successive four months as numerous states proceed t"  
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published: 2021-05-12  
updated: 2021-05-12  
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# Shortage in Vaccine, Serum Institute of India to Increase Production - Covid-19

Serum Institute of India & [Bharat Biotech possesses](https://www.mindstick.com/news/601/2-3-clinical-trials-of-bharat-biotech-s-covaxin-confirmation-approved) to submit their manufacturing [proposal](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/23198/how-to-write-a-research-proposal) for the successive four months as numerous states proceed to record the deficits of COVID-19 vaccines.

![Shortage in Vaccine, Serum Institute of India to Increase Production - Covid-19](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/cb26f625-cc39-45dc-9724-f3a133080517/images/7132c9d7-5bab-49e7-8a1b-aecb065aa5d9.jpeg)\

While Pune-based Serum Institute announced it can ramp up the manufacturing to 10 crores, the Hyderabad-situated Bharat Biotech explained they can [put forward](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38026/a-federal-structure-of-india-was-first-put-forward-by-the) the manufacturing to 7.8 crore doses by August.

![Shortage in Vaccine, Serum Institute of India to Increase Production - Covid-19](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/cb26f625-cc39-45dc-9724-f3a133080517/images/e81392fc-8bb2-4f02-b763-a0e67c239140.jpeg)\

Dr. V Krishna Mohan, Director of Bharat Biotech informed the Union Health Ministry & the [office](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13103/how-do-computer-desks-assist-in-the-office-work) of Drugs [Controller](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/273/passing-values-from-controller-to-view-in-asp-dot-net-mvc) General of India (DCGI) that the [manufacturing of COVAXIN](https://www.mindstick.com/news/353/no-more-tittle-tattle-about-coronavirus-vaccines-on-facebook) can be lifted to 3.32 crore in July & 7.82 crores in August, which can moreover be conserved in September.

The Ministry of [Science and Technology](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11008/science-and-technology-drives-software-industry) (MST) had too declared that Covaxin's Manufacturing potential will be made twice as much by May to June 2021 & then boosted around 6 to 7 fold by July to August 2021.

![Shortage in Vaccine, Serum Institute of India to Increase Production - Covid-19](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/cb26f625-cc39-45dc-9724-f3a133080517/images/c86ffdd2-ef56-42df-94ff-b220b49a0e66.jpeg)\

This appears after a month an inter-ministerial [organization](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100623/what-is-the-role-of-the-world-health-organization-in-global-health) including Joint Secretary in the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Rajneesh Tingal & Joint Secretary in Health Ministry Dr. Mandeep Bhandari attended the manufacturing [capabilities](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/490/explain-the-concepts-and-capabilities-of-assembly-in-dot-net) of Serum Institute of India & Bharat Biotech in April.

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