Tamil Nadu government on Saturday issued a global tender to source 3.5 crore units of Covid-19 vaccine.As per the tender issued by the state government undertaking Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation, the winning bidder has to supply the .
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All-out efforts are being taken to tap oxygen from all possible sources so as to stabilise the supply till Sterlite Copper Plant resumes production, said the Minister for Industries, Thangam Thennarasu.
Talking to reporters, he said that Thoothukudi district administration was closely involved in rectifying at the earliest the snag at the Sterlite plant.
“We hope that oxygen production will resume in Sterlite plant in the next three days,” the Minister said.
In the meantime, 40 MT of oxygen was being brought from JSW Steel Plant. All those already involved in production of oxygen have been asked to step up the quantum of supply to Tamil Nadu, he added.
Affordable, accessible SII vaccine likely to be state’s anti-Covid shot December 10, 2020, 3:31 PM IST
Tamil Nadu recently released the action plan for preparatory activities for Covid-19 vaccine such as identifying frontline workers and assessing cold chain space. Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation managing director P Umanath and director of public health Dr T S Selvavinayagam speak to TOI about the state’s preparedness. Excerpts:
What kind of vaccine are we expecting for Tamil Nadu?
Umanath: We have some idea about the vaccine we are likely to receive. It is unlikely that we will use an mRNA vaccine manufactured by Pfizer or Moderna for many reasons. First, they have several pre-orders to fulfil. Second, they may be too expensive for us compared to other vaccines that are in the pipeline. Also, we may not be able to fulfil their cold storage conditions. Whereas, the other vaccines like the desi Serum Institute of India vaccine can be more availab