Delhi Health Minister suggests Centre should float global tender for COVID vaccine instead of states ANI | Updated: May 13, 2021 20:00 IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that he has suggested to the Union Health Ministry that the Central government should float a single global tender instead of various states to purchase COVID-19 vaccines.
Addressing a press conference, the health minister said if states go to procure vaccines in the international market then it will be an insult for the country. I suggested the Health Ministry if the vaccine has to be purchased from foreign countries, then instead of different states floating different global tenders, the Centre should purchase these vaccines on behalf of the states, he said.
Andhra floats global tender to procure Covid vaccine
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Thu, May 13 2021 22:12 IST |
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Kolkata: Health workers are giving the Covishield vaccine to the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation workers during increasing numbers of COVID 19 cases at Salt Lake in Kolkata on 11 May, 2021. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/ IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Amaravati, May 13 : Faced with acute shortage of Covid vaccines amid a raging pandemic, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to procure vaccines beyond the current options comprising Covishield and Covaxin.
Accordingly, a global tender has been floated by the state government, inviting proposals from various companies, asking them to respond within three weeks.
Highlights
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged states to first focus more on second dose COVID-19 vaccinations.
While 13.66 crore people have been administered the first dose, the second dose has been administered to only 3.86 crore.
The Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech have submitted their production plan for the next four months to the central government.
New Delhi: Due to the acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in the country, many states have temporarily suspended the vaccination drive for the people in the age group of 18 to 44 and have directed the available stock of doses for the above-45 age group.
Maharashtra on Wednesday (May 12, 2021) decided to suspend its third phase of vaccination drive, while Delhi also temporarily shut Covaxin administering centres for people in the age group of 18 to 44 years as it has run out of stock.
Delhi govt welcomes Centre s decision to invite other firms to produce Covaxin
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Thu, May 13 2021 22:48 IST |
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New Delhi, May 13 : Amid reports of vaccine shortage coming from different parts of the country, the Centre and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Thursday exppressed their willingness to invite other companies to produce Covaxin in a bid to ramp up vaccine production in the country.
Welcoming the Centre s decision, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted, We are very glad that Central government has agreed to allow other companies to manufacture Covaxin. We sincerely hope they will consider our other suggestion of importing vaccines as One Nation and not as different states seriously as well.