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Global vaccine tenders by Indian states will worsen inequality — Quartz India

May 19, 2021 India’s messy vaccination strategy, unlike any other in the world, is now pitting its own states against each other.   After the Narendra Modi government announced a “liberalised” policy on April 19, Indian states can now directly buy Covid-19 vaccines from manufacturers. In the face of an acute shortage of doses of Covisheild and Covaxin, the two India-made vaccines currently approved for emergency use, some state governments have now floated “global tenders” shots. States like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Kerala are trying to directly buy vaccines from international vaccine makers, in the hope that these shots would be given a fast-tracked approval in India.

India s vaccination drive stumbling when it is most crucial: Report

INDIA New England News New Delhi–Vaunted as the largest in the world, Indias vaccine programme is being hobbled by supply shortages and an abrupt shift in procurement policy that appears to be without parallel, The Washington Post reported. The report said as India confronts a devastating Covid outbreak where thousands are dying each day, the country desperately needs to vaccinate its population as soon as possible. Yet the vaccine drive is stumbling just when it is most crucial, it said. Over the past six weeks, the number of vaccinations per day has fallen by about half, from a high of 4.2 million per day on April 2 to 2 million last Thursday.

India s vaccination drive stumbling when it is most crucial: Report

India s vaccination drive stumbling when it is most crucial: Report
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