INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: With the nation inching closer to having an answer for the Coronavirus pandemic, in the form of a vaccine, syringe manufacturers
are busy pumping out equipment for the proposed mass immunisation campaign.India, according to syringe manufacturers, is expected to require
demand in India is around 180 crore (1.8 billion) syringes every year
With Covid-19 focused vaccination drive set to begin, possibly in the next couple of weeks, the demand is only expected to shoot up
The government intends to vaccinate the entire population of about 140 crore people.Rajiv Nath, who also heads Hindustan Syringes and
Medical Devices Ltd., the largest syringe manufacturer in the country, said the company has supplied over nine crore (90 million) pieces for
million) pieces in anticipation of the vaccination roll-out in India in January and hopes to be able to ship 100 crore (1 billion) pieces by
we will produce 100 crore (1 billion) pieces per annum in the second quarter of 2021 as India gets ready to roll-out the vaccine and 120
manufacturers in India were told that other vaccine-makers require 0.5ml capacity syringes, he said.The company had also supplied six crore
