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: Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 11:32 PM IST
Mumbai: BMC floats global tender for one crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, says civic body chief Iqbal Singh Chahal
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Aiming to vaccinate a large swathe of the population as early as possible in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday issued a global bid to acquire one crore Covid-19 vaccines. Currently, the BMC gets Covishield and Covaxin vaccines from domestic manufacturers and from the Central and state governments.
âMCGM has resolved to make every possible effort in the future also, to acquire sufficient quantities of Covid vaccines to vaccinate all eligible citizens of Mumbai on a war footing in the next 60-90 days,â said BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal.
Amid a surge in coronavirus infections, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and reassured him of adequate and uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen and all possible support related to healthcare infrastructure, medicines and therapeutics. In a tweet, Vardhan said additional 1,121 ventilators are being rushed to the state considering the surge in coronavirus cases. Spoke to #Maharashtra CM Sh Uddhav Thackeray Ji. Reassured @OfficeofUT of adequate & uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen & all possible support w.r.t healthcare infra, medicines & therapeutics. Additional 1,121 ventilators are also being rushed to them given the surge in cases, Vardhan tweeted.
"Spoke to #Maharashtra CM Sh Uddhav Thackeray Ji. Reassured @OfficeofUT of adequate & uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen & all possible support w.r.t healthcare infra, medicines & therapeutics. Additional 1,121 ventilators are also being rushed to them given the surge in cases," Vardhan tweeted.
The Centre and the Maharashtra government have locked horns over supply of oxygen and remdesivir to the State. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that he has been trying to contact Prime