The authorities on Monday positioned a purchase order order with Serum Institute of India (SII) for 11 million doses of Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, every costing Rs 210, together with the GST, official sources stated.
Dispatch of the vaccine is prone to begin by late Monday night, they stated.
According to the order, every dose of the vaccine has been priced at Rs 200 and with GST of Rs 10 it will value Rs 210.
The HLL Lifecare Limited, a public sector enterprise, issued the provision order on behalf of the Union Health Ministry within the title of Prakash Kumar Singh, Additional Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Serum Institute of India (SII).
The Covishield vaccine doses could be initially shipped to 60 consignment factors from the place these could be distributed additional, the sources stated.
The well being ministry can also be prone to quickly signal a purchase order order for one more anti-coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, which has been indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech. Meetings for this was underway, a supply stated.
India had lately granted emergency use authorisation to 2 vaccines, Oxford’s Covishield being manufactured by Serum Institute in India and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Both vaccines, in response to an announcement from the Health Ministry, have established security and immunogenicity.
The nation India launch its COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16 in what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has known as the world’s largest inoculation programme with precedence to be given to almost three crore healthcare and frontline staff.
After vaccinating healthcare and frontline staff, precedence will probably be given to these above 50 years of age and the under-50 inhabitants teams with co-morbidities, collectively numbering round 27 crore.
