Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech producing minimum 8 crore doses/month, yet only 5 crore will be given by May-end

The government in an affidavit in the Supreme Court earlier this month averred that Serum Institute of India (SII) was producing 6.5 crore doses of Covishield a month and Bharat Biotech was producing 2 crore doses of Covaxin a month, which was to be enhanced to 5.5 crore doses a month by July. It also said Sputnik was expected to ramp up production from 30 lakh a month to 1.2 crore a month by July