Vaccine Export To Continue Keeping In Mind Domestic Need: Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of External Affairs has said that the supply of made-in-India vaccines abroad would continue while also taking care of the country's domestic requirements. Asserting that India has not imposed any export ban on anti-coronavirus vaccines, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "We have always said the supply of made-in-India vaccines abroad would continue taking into account our domestic requirements."

"Let me reiterate that there is no ban on export of vaccines. In fact, the website of our ministry is being regularly updated to reflect the supply of vaccines that are happening on a periodic basis," he added.

The MEA's assertion comes amid an ongoing debate over export of vaccines with some states having flagged a "shortage" of doses and the Centre maintaining that sufficient quantity of the jabs have been allocated to all the states and that many of them have been unable to inoculate all eligible beneficiaries.