After Dr Manmohan Singh, Kejriwal asks Centre to share vax formula with other companies to scale up production

A few weeks after former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh suggested in his letter to PM Modi to scale up vaccine production by bringing in other companies, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday also suggested that the Centre share the anti-COVID-19 vaccine formula of the two manufacturers with other companies in the country to scale up production.

Dr Singh in his letter to the prime minister had said, "I believe this is the time to invoke the compulsory licensing provisions in the law, so that a number of companies are able to produce the vaccines under a licence."

Kejriwal too echoed Dr Manmohan Singh's opinion when he said there is a shortage of vaccine across the country and an urgent need to ramp up its manufacturing on war footing while developing a national policy to inoculate everyone in the next few months.

He said the Centre should ensure that all the vaccine manufacturing plants in the country start producing COVID doses.

The two COVID vaccine manufacturers can be provided royalty for use of their formula by other companies, he said.

He said scaling up vaccine production is needed to vaccinate everyone before the onset of the next wave of COVID-19.

With PTI inputs

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