“The government can procure at Rs 300-400/per dose and order the quantity it requires on a priority basis,” the person said. Top executives of vaccine manufacturers, including Serum Institute (SII) and Bharat Biotech, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to seek doubling of the price at which the government procures the prophylactic products. … Read more
Union Health Ministry on Saturday capped the cost of the COVID-19 vaccine at Rs 250 per shot for private hospitals. However, the corona vaccine will be given free of cost at all the government hospitals. The announcement comes as government plans to vaccinate senior citizens or those over the age of 45 years with comorbidities … Read more
Even as the race for getting an effective Coronavirus vaccine is on, Serum Institute of India (SII) chairman Adar Poonawalla has asked whether the Government in India would be able to garner Rs 80000 crore over the next one year to provide Coronavirus vaccine to every individual in the country. Taking to Twitter, Poonawalla said … Read more