South Africa asks SII to take back 1 million Vaccine Doses

New Delhi, 16/2: South African Government has asked the Serum Institute of India to take back the one million COVID-19 vaccine doses the company had sent in early February. Serum Institute of India, which is producing AstraZeneca’s shot, has emerged as a key vaccine supplier.

One million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine landed in South Africa last week and another 500,000 were due to arrive in the next few weeks.

Serum Institute of India remained unavailable for comments.