The World Health Organization (WHO) has banned the supply of Bharat Biotech’s anti-Covid vaccine, Covaxin. The World Health Organization on Saturday said it has halted the supply of COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech through UN agencies, as well as asking manufacturers to upgrade facilities and plug gaps found in inspections. has been suggested.
According to a statement, WHO has asked the countries receiving the vaccine to take appropriate action. However, it is not clear what would be the appropriate action. The WHO said the vaccine was effective and there were no concerns about its safety, but the suspension of production for export would disrupt the supply of the vaccine.
The statement issued by the WHO said that this ban has been imposed after the results of the WHO Post Emergency Use Listing (EUL) inspection from March 14 to 22. At the same time, there is no response from Bharat Biotech on this yet.
A day earlier, it was said on behalf of Bharat Biotech that the company is going to reduce the production of anti-corona vaccine vaccine for some time. Bharat Biotech had said that it is temporarily reducing the production of the COVID vaccine in all manufacturing units.