India is unlikely to expand the export of COVID-19 vaccines for the next few months as the focus shifts to domestic demand in view of the spike in Coronavirus infections, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.
The country reported over 50,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
So far, India has sent 60.4 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to around 80 countries.
Those familiar with the development said India will fulfil the existing commitments made to various countries but will not expand the supplies for the next few months to meet the domestic demand. They said the situation will be reviewed after 2-3 months.
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Maharashtra has emerged as the leader in the COVID-19 vaccination drive as it has administered vaccine doses to 43,42,646 people, an official said on Thursday.
The state surpassed Rajasthan in the vaccination drive on March 24, he said.
Rajasthan now ranks second as it has vaccinated 43,27,874 people, the official said.
Surjitt Sahani
