Also Read | How citizen data led India’s covid battleA slew of low-and middle-income countries ranging from Bangladesh to Brazil is dependent on SII's Covid-19 vaccine Covishield.
Serum Institute is also providing doses to the COVAX programme backed by the World Health Organization.The UK was the first country to start its vaccination drive in December last year.
The country began rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Britain has been ahead at inoculating people, with nearly 20.5 million residents receiving the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine so far, according to official data.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.