Synopsis The Covaxin manufacturer has in a letter said that it can not provide Delhi government vaccines due to unavailability, under instruction of concerned government official. It means that the central government is controlling supply of the vaccine, Sisodia said.
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The deputy chief minister said Centre should stop export of vaccines and share the vaccine formulae of the two manufacturers in the country with other companies for mass scale production.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said Bharat Biotech has informed the Delhi government that it cannot provide additional Covaxin doses to the national capital. The stock of Covaxin in Delhi has finished and as a result around 100 vaccination centres set up in 17 schools have been closed, he said.
: Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 1:00 PM IST Exporting COVID-19 doses was biggest mistake : Manish Sisodia slams govt as Delhi closes over 100 Covaxin jab sites
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday announced that 100 COVID-19 vaccination centres in 17 schools had been closed. These sites had been administering Covaxin, and as per the AAP leader, Bharat Biotech (the manufacturer of the vaccine) has recently expressed their inability to supply fresh doses. We had demanded 1.34 cr doses, 67 lakhs each of Covaxin and Covishield. Covaxin (Bharat Biotech) wrote to us yesterday stating that they can t provide. They wrote we re making dispatches as per directives of concerned govt officials . Obvious that these are central govt officials, Sisodia alleged during a presser on Wednesday afternoon.
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He alleged the manufacturer refused it citing central government’s directions
He blamed Centre for mismanagement of vaccine
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday (May 12) shared a letter from Bharat Biotech denying supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses and alleged that it was as a result of mismanagement by the central government.
Addressing a press conference, he said that the Delhi government had asked for 67 lakh Covaxin doses but the manufacturer has refused it citing the central government’s directions and shortage of doses. The Covaxin manufacturer has in a letter said that it can not provide Delhi government vaccines due to unavailability, under instruction of concerned government official. It means that the central government is controlling supply of the vaccine, he added.
Read more about Disheartening to see some states complain about our Covaxin intentions on Business Standard. It is quite disheartening to listen to some states complaining about Bharat Biotech s intentions regarding supply of COVID vaccine Covaxin, a top company official said on Wednesday.In a tweet, Bharat Biotech Joint Managing Director Suchitra Ella
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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation chief Iqbal Singh Chahal has separately requested Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to allow the corporation to float a global tender to cover Mumbai. As states grapple with inadequate stocks of Covaxin and Covishield, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said the state will float a global tender to procure vaccines, accusing the Centre of forcing states to compete for vaccine procurement globally.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, meanwhile, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the vaccine formula of Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute was shared with other manufacturers to boost national production.