As per <https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/se...
# randomq
quick-judge-84214
05/01/2021, 4:51 PMAs per this article, SII is planning to increase the production capacity from 2.5 billion to 3 billion in a year (or from 250 to 300 crore). A rough calculation would give, ~21 crore doses per month. Given, that the vaccination drive started from mid-Jan, up until April, SII would have produced ~63 crore doses, let's say 60 crore (since it took some time to ramp up the production).
In between India send ~55 million vaccines (two weeks ago) to other nations, that leaves us with 60-5.5 = 54.5 crore vaccines. But, till date we have only vaccinated 15.5 crore people and still there is a "*shortage*" of vaccine and we till don't know when the slots for 18+ will open.
Am I missing something here? What are your thoughts? 🤔
m
modern-table-48211
05/01/2021, 4:54 PMSII doesn't provide only to India, they have international committments as well
âž• 3
c
clean-salesmen-57717
05/01/2021, 9:16 PMproduction capacity of 2.5 billion is estimate at end of financial year and they will scale up with time , so per month quota will increase with time
so maybe by next quarter they will come to full production
d
damp-coat-97256
05/02/2021, 6:58 AMThey were doing 60m a month. They had hoped to do 100m a month by end of May but will now do so in July.
The article itself says this and is the first para below the headline
damp-coat-97256
05/02/2021, 7:05 AMProduction capacity doesn't equal production. Supply of Input to vaccine could cause issues and also they can't stockpile a lot as well as storage capacity was limited and the vaccines have a 6 month shelf life
damp-coat-97256
05/02/2021, 7:06 AMIn January they had 60m in stockpile and govt wasnt committing and also not ramping up so they actually had to slow down a bit
damp-coat-97256
05/02/2021, 7:08 AMSummary - covishield began with stockpile of 60m in Jan and have been doing about 60m a month. They will ramp up to 100m a month by July and continue ramping up.
damp-coat-97256
05/02/2021, 7:19 AMDid a bit of reading up on the 2.5billion capactiy - need to see the actual interview if it's available- but he's talking about SII total vaccine capacity. Not just covishield. The article doesn't make it clear what is what.
damp-coat-97256
05/02/2021, 7:20 AMFor reference - before all this they were doing 1.5 billion doses of ALL vaccines that they manufacture per year. They increased that capacity to 2.5 billion and then 3billion now.
d
delightful-florist-55380
05/02/2021, 7:53 AMVaccination wastage also needs to be considered
q
quick-judge-84214
05/02/2021, 8:18 AMYes, as of 20th April, the vaccine wastage was 4.6 million. Rounding it off to 5 million, still leaves us with 54.5 crore - 45 lakhs ~ 54 crore. And as, @modern-table-48211 mentioned, that SII has international commitments, I have considered those too (~55 million). Are there other international commitments which I have missed?
The point which I missed is stated by @damp-coat-97256, that this production capacity is for all vaccines that SII produces or only for Covidshield?
c
cuddly-country-32335
05/12/2021, 1:26 PMIt is SII's projection that they are able to produce this much at the end of this year. They are currently producing 6-7 crore vaccines per month in India. In April month they received Rs.3000/- crore from Central government to increase production from 6-7 crore to 10 crore. The 3 billion doses per year may also includes the SII's new production unit in UK.
2 Views