Reports Of Delay In Licensing For Covaxin Factually Incorrect : Centre Reports Of Delay In Licensing For Covaxin Factually Incorrect : Centre The Union government is consistently and pro-actively working to secure and enhance the availability of vaccines, the Health Ministry said.
Covaxin is manufactured by the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech. (File)
New Delhi:
The government on Thursday dismissed as completely baseless and factually incorrect reports in a section of media followed by some tweets alleging delay in licensing for Covaxin and delayed approval for technology transfer for manufacturing the vaccine in the country.
The Union government is consistently and pro-actively working to secure and enhance the availability of vaccines, the Health Ministry said, adding that Government of India is pro-actively engaging with foreign vaccine manufacturers like Moderna, Pfizer to apply for emergency use authorisation in India so that these vaccines can be easily importe
The Delhi government has been forced to shut down 100 vaccination sites over 17 schools that administered Bharat Biotech COVAXIN vaccine due to a dearth of su
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. (Photo/ANI)
Delhi s COVID vaccine reserve exhausted, 100 vaccination sites forced to close: Dy CM Manish Sisodia ANI | Updated: May 12, 2021 14:58 IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The Delhi government has been forced to shut down 100 vaccination sites over 17 schools that administered Bharat Biotech s COVAXIN vaccine due to a dearth of supply from the manufacturer, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday.
While addressing a press conference here, Sisodia informed that the reserve stock of the vaccine in Delhi has been exhausted. We had demanded 1.34 crore doses, 67 lakhs each of Covaxin and Covishield. Covaxin (Bharat Biotech) wrote to us yesterday that they can not provide it. They wrote we re making dispatches as per directives of concerned governmet officials . Obvious that these are central government officials, he said.
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