Coronavirus | Moderna refuses to sell vaccines directly to Punjab
[ad_1]
The vaccine producer says they solely cope with Government of India and never with any State authorities or non-public events
Punjab authorities on Sunday stated that COVID vaccine producer ‘Moderna’ has refused to ship vaccines directly to the State authorities as in accordance to their coverage, they solely cope with Government of India and never with any State authorities or non-public events.
Punjab’s nodal officer for vaccination Vikas Garg stated that each one vaccine producers had been approached for direct buy of varied COVID vaccines, together with Sputnik V, Pfizer, Modern, and Johnson & Johnson, as per the instructions of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to discover potentialities of floating a worldwide tender for the procurement of vaccines from all attainable sources to guarantee early inoculation within the State.
In a press release Mr. Garg stated that reply was obtained from Moderna solely wherein the corporate refused to cope with State authorities.
The assertion added the State authorities was compelled to cease vaccination for Phase I and Phase 2 classes within the final three days due to vaccines non-availability. All efforts can be made for procurement of vaccines to meet the acute scarcity within the State, which had obtained fewer than 44 lakh vaccine doses so removed from the Government of India, he stated.
As per authorities of India allocation for Phase III (18-44 age group), the State authorities has been ready to purchase solely 4.2 lakh vaccine doses, together with 66,000 obtained yesterday. A complete of three.65 lakh have already been used, leaving solely 64,000 to be used as of now, stated Mr. Garg.
[ad_2]
