Centre curbs syringe exports for three months
The Hindu
Eases restrictions for non-COVID vaccine syringes after industry plea
The Government has imposed a three-month restriction on exports of three categories of syringes to ensure that there is enough to “improve domestic uptake and availability”. However complying with demands from local industry, it has allowed exports of classes of syringes not used for COVID vaccines.
Most syringes used in COVID vaccination have a capacity of 0.3 ml though bigger ones are also used.
Following a meeting on Saturday on the progress of COVID-19 vaccination, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told senior health officials in states, that the “immediate milestone” in India’s COVID-19 vaccination journey was completing administration of 100 crore doses. India has so far administered 94 crore vaccine doses.