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Covid vaccine effectiveness to begin after 14 days, gap of 28 days between 2 dose: Govt

Both Serum s Covishield, Bharat Bio s Covaxin vaccines cost same to Centre

The Centre has bought the first lot of the two approved vaccines Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin at nearly the same price. The 1.65 million free doses of Covaxin being supplied to the government bring down the effective cost of procuring 5.5 million vaccines from Bharat Biotech to Rs 206 per dose (without taxes). Moreover, people will not have the option of choosing between the two vaccines, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan clarified on Tuesday. “Many countries in the world are using multiple vaccines. There is no such option available in any country,” Bhushan said. The Centre has spent around Rs 333 crore for the first lot of 16.5 million vaccines. Of this, around 11 million are coming from Pune’s Serum Institute at Rs 200 per dose (without taxes) and around 5.5 million from Hyderabad’s Bharat Biotech.

Coronavirus Vaccine News India, Pfizer: Short Notice, Different Time Zone - Pfizer On Delay In Vaccine Approval For India

The Pfizer vaccine was developed in association with German company BioNTech (Representational) New Delhi: American pharma giant Pfizer, whose coronavirus vaccine has a 95 per cent efficacy rate but has yet be approved, told NDTV on Monday it had been unable to participate in previous meetings (to present safety and efficacy data to an expert panel) due to extremely short notice and time zone differences. The company, however, said it was committed to working with the government (to) provide equitable access to our vaccine . Pfizer sought an opportunity to participate in SEC (subject expert committee) towards Emergency Use Authorisation for our COVID-19 vaccine. However, representatives have been unable to participate. due to extremely short notice, of a few hours or less, and time-zone limitations given that the participating team is primarily based out of the United States, a spokesperson said.

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