Govt approves Bharat Biotech's Ankleshwar plant to produce Covaxin: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

New Delhi, August 10

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said the government had given approval to Bharat Biotech’s Ankleshwar-based manufacturing plant to produce Covid vaccine Covaxin.

“Govt of India approves vaccine manufacturing facility for production of @BharatBiotech’s #Covaxin in Ankleshwar, Gujarat,” Mandaviya tweeted.

The approval would help increase availability of Covid vaccines in the country, he added.

“Following PM @NarendraModi ji’s vision of #SabkoVaccineMuftVaccine, this will increase vaccine availability & accelerate the world’s largest vaccine drive,” the minister who heads both Chemicals and Fertilisers and Health ministries, noted.

In May, Bharat Biotech had announced that it planned to produce an additional 200 million doses of Covaxin at its subsidiary’s Ankleshwar-based facility.

The Hyderabad-based firm had noted that it would utilise the manufacturing plant of its wholly-owned unit, Chiron Behring, to add another 200 million doses of Covaxin. PTI