Maharashtra govt to provide aid to ramp up Covaxin production at Haffkine Institute

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The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to provide financial assistance to ramp up production of anti-coronavirus vaccine Covaxin at the state-run Haffkine Institute here.

A decision regarding setting up of a dedicated essential facility aligned with the production technology of Bharat Biotech, the Hyderabad-based developers of Covaxin, and training of Haffkine Institute personnel,was taken in the state Cabinet meeting, an official statement said.

The cabinet also gave a nod for upgradation of a BSL-3 laboratory for research and testing, it said. To ramp up the production of the Covid-19 vaccine, the Centre and the state government last year decided to use the Haffkine Institute facility in Mumbai.

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