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"Chethan.KumarBengaluru: Hindustan Syringes &amp; Medical Devices (HMD) and Iscon Surgicals, the two firms that bagged orders for more than 230 million syringes to aid the country&rsquo;s Covid-19 vaccination drive, have already manufactured 90 million pieces. The entire order is to be fulfilled by March 2021. Iscon of Jodhpur and the Faridabad-based HMD are the only firms contracted by the government to supply syringes. The Union ministry of health and family welfare issued dispatch instructions on Thursday for 70 million syringes which will soon reach various government warehouses. &ldquo;Of the 177.6 million syringes we had to deliver by March, we&rsquo;ve already manufactured 70 million,&rdquo; HMD managing director Rajiv Nath said. &ldquo;Today, we got the nod to ship these out.&rdquo; Sandeep Bhandari, VP, Iscon, which has already manufactured 20 million of the 52.2 million syringes it was contracted to produce, said the firm is yet to get dispatch orders. &ldquo;Until the government lifts stock, we won&rsquo;t be able to make more devices given the storage constraints,&rdquo; he said. "
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