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More than enough doses of Covid-19 vaccine reserved for Parsis: Poonawalla

Serum Institute CEO didn't specify quantity of doses to be kept for community grappling with shrinking population

Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute
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Adar Poonawalla says Serum Institute can manufacture one billion doses for India and nearly 70 low and middle income countries.

Press Trust of India Pune
"More than enough" doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca will be reserved for the Parsi community, Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer of the vaccine's local manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII), has said.

Poonawalla, however, did not specify the quantity of the doses that will be kept for the community, which is grappling with shrinking population.

Replying to producer Ronnie Screwvala on Twitter, Poonawalla on Sunday said, "Yes @RonnieScrewvala, we will keep more than enough for the community. Our production capacity of just one day will be enough to cover every Parsi on the planet...given