Covishield most affordable Covid-19 vaccine in the market: SII responds to concerns over pricing
Only a limited portion of Covishield doses will be sold to private hospitals at Rs 600 per dose, the Serum Institute said in response to skepticism over the prices of its Covid-19 vaccine.
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File photo of Serum Institute of India facility in Pune (Photo Credits: PTI)
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SII fixed the price of Covishield at Rs 600/dose for private hospitals and Rs 400 for state govts
Initial supply of Covishield for immunization programme in India has been the lowest: Serum Institute
Earlier, SII said American vaccines are priced at Rs 1,500 and Russian/Chinese vaccines would cost Rs 750 per dose
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India to send gift of COVID vaccines to Sri Lanka next week
The island nation will get 500,000 doses of the Made in India Covishield vaccine on January 27.
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Updated: Jan 23, 2021, 05:55 PM IST
India will be sending a gift of COVID vaccines to Sri Lanka next week. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced, the vaccine will reach the country on January 27. The island nation will get 500,000 doses of the Made in India Covishield vaccine and it will become the eighth country to which India is gifting COVID vaccines since it began its country-wide mega immunisation programme on January 16.
Starting Wednesday, India has gifted vaccines to seven countries in the region as part of its neighbourhood-first policy Bhutan (150,000), Maldives (100,000), Nepal (One million), Bangladesh (2 million), Myanmar (1.5 M), Seychelles (50,000) and Mauritius (100,000).