State’s vaccine global tenders draws a blank
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Telangana authorities’s global e-tender to obtain ten million COVID-19 vaccine doses drew a blank. Though two overseas firms have evinced curiosity until pre-bid assembly, it didn’t materialise into industrial bids.
A groups from Russia’s Sputnik V and a UK group of AstraZenca participated in a digital pre-bid assembly organised by the State authorities on May 27.
“But the response did not materialise into commercial bids. Other States too did not receive commercial bids. The Government of India has to take the dialogue further, help States to procure the vaccine doses,” mentioned a senior official from the federal government.
The State’s Industries Minister KT Rama Rao, who can be heading COVID-19 Task Force, mentioned on Sunday that the federal government’s global tenders didn’t evoke response.
During a Twitter session on #Letstalk vaccination on Sunday, Mr Rama Rao tweeted, “When the States reach out to vaccine manufacturers, they are clearly saying they would rather deal with one entity; Govt of India, who unfortunately seems to have no urgency to go for a global procurement & supply to all Indian States.”
While the State authorities has been receiving the vaccines from Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India, the senior official mentioned that the availability is much less and would proceed to be so until finish of July.
There are round 2.75 crore beneficiaries of vaccines within the State. And 5.5 crore doses are wanted to offer the jab twice. A bit of over 65.75 lakh acquired the vaccines till Sunday.
The senior official mentioned that the vaccines could be continued to be administered on precedence foundation. Currently, folks at high-risk are being vaccinated in all districts. They are anticipating the availability to extend after July.
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