Covid-19 | After Moderna, Pfizer also refuses to give vaccine directly to Punjab
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The State authorities was pressured to cease vaccination for Phase I and Phase 2 within the final three days due to non-availability of vaccines.
The Punjab authorities on Monday stated that after Moderna, Pfizer has also refused to ship its vaccine directly to it as, in accordance to their coverage, they solely handled the Government of India.
Punjab’s nodal officer for vaccination Vikas Garg stated that Pfizer in its communication stated, “Pfizer is working with Federal Governments across the world to supply its Covid-19 vaccine for use in National Immunisation programs. Our supply agreements at this time are with National Governments and Supra-national organisations with allocation of doses and implementation within the country being a decision that Governments take based on relevant health authority guidance. This approach Pfizer has followed across the world.”
Mr. Garg stated that every one vaccine producers have been approached by the State authorities for direct buy, together with Sputnik V, Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson and Johnson, as per the instructions of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to discover potentialities of floating a world tender for the procurement of vaccines from all potential sources to guarantee early inoculation within the State, which nonetheless hoped for a optimistic reply from Sputnik V and Johnson & Johnson.
The State authorities was pressured to cease vaccination for Phase I and Phase 2 within the final three days due to non-availability of vaccines. All efforts can be made for procurement of vaccines to meet the acute scarcity. The State had obtained about 45.3 lakh vaccine doses so removed from the Government of India, added Mr. Garg.
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