New Delhi: There is no shortage of covid vaccines and the government has provided a free vaccine supply to the countries and the territory of the union to invest the priority beneficiaries, Rajya Sabha is informed on Tuesday.
Also, there is no delay in placing orders with domestic vaccine manufacturers, more precisely vaccine orders are placed with Indian Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech for supply of Covid-19 vaccine, the Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a reply’s writing.
Responding to questions about whether many countries including Maharashtra who were hit hardest to complain about the lack of vaccines for the past three months, he said, “There is no shortage of Covid-19 vaccine and the Government of India has provided free supply of vaccines to the state and UTS for administration to prioritize the recipient benefits as recommended by Negvac.
“Advanced visibility of this allocation is the total vaccine dose that will be available for the territory of the state and the United States, given to them 15 days earlier thus allowing them to prepare the planned acceleration of temporary vaccination coverage that is aware of the available vaccine, said Minister , He also denied the allegations of delay in placing a vaccine order and said, “There is no delay in placing orders with domestic vaccine manufacturers than vaccine face placed with the Indian Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech for the supply of Covid-19 vaccine.”