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Sinovac eyes two billion doses in annual capacity of virus vaccine by June

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker holds a dose of the
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker holds a dose of the Sinovac’s vaccine at a district health facility as Indonesia begins mass vaccination for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Jakarta

BEIJING (Reuters) – Sinovac Biotech’s annual production capacity of COVID-19 vaccine can reach 2 billion doses by June, a company spokesman confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday.

The figure is double its previous yearly capacity of 1 billion doses in the form of bulk ingredient which the firm had said it could reach by February.

State media the Global Times had first reported the news, citing a comment from the firm’s chief executive.

(Reporting by Roxanne Liu, Lusha Zhang and Ryan Woo; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)