BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s government has signed a purchase order with vaccine producer Serum Institute of India for 11 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the CNBC-TV 18 TV channel reported on Monday.
The government has also signed a purchase agreement with local player Bharat Biotech for its COVID-19 vaccine, the news channel reported, citing unnamed sources.
Serum and Bharat Biotech did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)