Delhi demands uniform vaccine price, seeks 60 lakh doses per month

Delhi would need 60 lakh doses of vaccine per month to vaccinate around 93 lakh people in the 18-45 age group during May to July, Chief Minister Arvind
Delhi demands uniform vaccine price, seeks 60 lakh doses per month

NEW DELHI: Delhi would need 60 lakh doses of vaccine per month to vaccinate around 93 lakh people in the 18-45 age group during May to July, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. In a letter to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, he requested the Centre to direct the Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech to increase monthly supplies of Covid vaccines to Delhi to 60 lakh doses for the next three months. "The Central government should make available to the state the requisite number of vaccines to enable vaccination of all citizens. The Centre should actively monitor and supervise the manufacture of vaccines by the private parties so that the supplies in adequate numbers are made to all state governments and this crucial aspect is not left to the direction of private manufacturers," he wrote in the letter. Kejriwal also said that states should be allowed to develop separate apps or mechanism for vaccination. He also demanded that a uniform price should be fixed for the vaccines for supplies made to the governments and private hospitals. "The inherent fallacy and danger in the current differential pricing mechanism is that there is an obvious incentive for private manufacturers to prioritise supply to private hospitals," he said. (IANS)

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