India could get access to AstraZeneca vaccine by January, local manufacturer says


FILE PHOTO: People are seen at a crowded market amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad, India, November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The head of an Indian company contracted to make AstraZeneca Plc's COVID vaccine said it could deliver it to health care workers and elderly Indians by January as the country's caseload of infections crossed nine million on Friday.

The Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, has already manufactured millions of doses of the vaccine that is being developed in collaboration with Oxford University while results from late-stage trials are awaited.

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