NEW DELHI
India expects to receive foreign-made Covid-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX global vaccine-sharing programme for the first time, with 3-4 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna shots potentially arriving by August, two sources said on Wednesday.
India, the world's biggest producer of vaccines, was initially the main source of Covid-19 shots for the COVAX programme, but halted its exports in April after a massive wave of Covid-19 infections, having sold or donated 66 million shots.
COVAX could ship the US-made doses to India as early as this month, one of the sources aware of the discussions told Reuters. Both sources declined to be named as the discussions are private.