Minister for Industries and IT, KT Rama Rao has requested the Center to establish a Vaccination Testing Centre in the city without any delay.
Pointing out that the city has become the ‘vaccine capital’, KTR stated there is a need for a vaccine testing center here. If the center is established, an additional 8 to 10 crores of vaccine doses could be produced here every month and there is the possibility of producing 100 crore doses in the coming six months.
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Keeping in view the need for vaccine supply, the testing center should be set up here immediately, the Minister added.
KTR said the state government will extend cooperation on a fast track mode for setting up the center. The government is ready to provide the land required for the center in the Zenome valley, he stated.
IT and Industries Minister @KTRTRS wrote a letter to @MoHFW_INDIA Sri @drharshvardhan ji and reiterated the request for establishment of a Vaccine Testing and Certification Laboratory in Hyderabad, on the lines of Central Drug Laboratory in Kasauli.
— Minister for IT, Industries, MA & UD, Telangana (@MinisterKTR) January 20, 2021
SOURCE: NSS
