Resumption of India's COVAX vaccine supply delayed by Nepal - sources

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The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's biggest vaccine maker, was scheduled to ship Covishield doses through COVAX to Nepal on Monday, but the country now wants them only around 29 November, according to a Nepal health ministry official.

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