India has not imposed any export ban on Covid-19 vaccines: MEA

Indian government today once again clarified that it has not imposed any ban on the export of covid-19.

During a media interaction Arindam Bagchi, MEA spokesperson said,” We have not imposed any export ban on COVID19 vaccines.”

Earlier ANI in a report has said that India has stopped shipments of the coronavirus vaccine from the Serum Institute to Canada have been put on hold for an indefinite period so as to cater to domestic needs.

They said given India’s manufacturing capacity and requirements of national vaccination programmes, there may be a need to calibrate the supply schedules from time-to-time.

“We had stated that keeping in view the domestic requirements of the phased rollout, India will continue to supply COVID-19 vaccines to partner countries over the coming weeks and months in a phased manner,” said a source earlier denying any ban on export of covid-19 vaccines to other countries.

“This position remains unchanged. We have not imposed any ban on exports of vaccines unlike many other countries,” the source added.

India started supplying the vaccine doses to foreign countries on January 20. The first countries to receive such vaccines were from the neighbourhood. So far, India supplied more than 60 million doses of Made-in-India vaccines to over 75 countries including through COVAX which is a global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.