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Updated Feb 27, 2021 · 08:19 pm A healthcare worker receives a coronavirus vaccine shot on the first day of India s vaccination drive in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on January 16. | Amit Dave/ Reuters
The Centre on Saturday capped the price of coronavirus vaccines for private hospitals working as Covid-19 vaccination centres at Rs 250 per person per dose. The vaccine will be free in all government hospitals and centres.
The government has also roped in various private medical facilities to ramp up the capacity of the coronavirus vaccination process. Around 10,000 private hospitals under Ayushman Bharat, more than 600 hospitals under Central Government Health Scheme and other private hospitals under state government have been empanelled.
The much-awaited Covid vaccination is all set to launch in the private sector and it is likely to be price Rs 400-500 per shot. But the figure may vary as
Bharat Biotech to supply 20 m doses of Covaxin to Brazil
February 26, 2021 Bharat Biotech International Limited has signed an agreement with Brazil for the supply of 20 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin.
“The company is delighted to partner with Brazil in its battle against Covid-19 and aid its immunisation programme against the virus. It has signed an agreement for delivery of Covaxin during Q2 and Q3 2021,” Bharat Biotech said in a statement on Friday.
Even though Covaxin is administered in the Covid vaccination programme of the Government of India for front-line health workers along with Serum Institute’s Covishield on emergency grounds, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is still in the process of completing phase III clinical trials and announce the results.
Sputnik V has demonstrated an efficacy rate of 91.6 per cent in the interim analysis of its phase 3 clinical trial, which includes data on 19,866 volunteers in Russia.