Due to a lack of Covaxin supplies, the Assam government decided not to provide it to any new patient. The government set prices for Covid therapy in state-run private hospitals on Friday.
This is not the first time that a mismatch between CoWin slots and actual vaccination has been reported. Hundreds of candidates complained of a similar problem last month as well
The prescribed time frame between two doses of Covaxin remains 28 days. With acute shortage of vaccines across the states, Citizens, within the age group of 18-44, are now struggling to get a slot for their second dose.
Bharat Biotech, the Hyderabad-based pharma company that manufactures Covaxin, Thursday signed a MoU with three Gujarat-based firms to for contract manufacturing of drug substance for Covaxin manufacturing.