Commenting on the strength of India’s pharma industry, he said, “India has a lot of capacity there with the drug and vaccine companies that are huge suppliers to the entire world. You know, more vaccines are made in India than anywhere starting with Serum Institute, that’s the largest,” the report added.
He further said in the documentary, “But (there are) also Bio E, Bharat (Biotech), many others. They are doing work to help make the coronavirus vaccine, building on other great capacities that they have used for other diseases.”
Gates said in the documentary that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is also a “partner with the government, particularly with the department of biotechnology, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the office of the principal scientific advisor provide advice and help about getting these tools going”.
Commenting on the deadly virus breaching India’s borders in the documentary, he said, “India is still at the beginning of this, but there’s a lot of very important things have been done.
“It’s a huge challenge with India because you’ve got a gigantic country. You’ve got your urban centers with a lot of density and so that drives the spread. You have people moving around.” He, however, added in the documentary, “Yet people are stepping up. Looking at how we reduce the spread while trying not to reduce food availability, equipment that people need.”