The team including from University of Bern in Switzerland, Emory University in the US looked at data from 732 places in 43 countries between 1991-2018.The
They also did not want institutions to levy registration charges for the shots
An online survey has found that people want the government to mandate companies to declare the maximum retail prices of the COVID-19 vaccines. The respondents also wanted a cap on the pricing of vaccines in private hospitals. They did not want the hospitals to levy registration charges for vaccination.
The survey, in which over 35,000 persons participated from across 304 districts in the country, found that 23% of people, who took the COVID-19 vaccine in the private sector, had paid anywhere between ₹1,000 to ₹2,000 per dose. About 3% of respondents said they had paid over ₹2,000 per dose. The question on how much a person paid for the vaccine at a private healthcare facility received 8,385 responses.