New Delhi Oct 4: Centre expects to receive 40-50 crore doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 by July 2021, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday.  The doses should be enough to cover 20-25 crore people when delivered.

“The Centre is also working on plans for building capacities in HR, training, supervision, etc on a massive scale and roughly estimates to receive and utilise 400-500 million doses covering approximately 20-25 crore people by July 2021,” he said, while responding to questions asked by social media users said on the fourth episode of his ‘Sunday Samvaad’ today.