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Karnataka to get 2 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses through global tender ANI | Updated: May 12, 2021 10:42 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 12 (ANI): The Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to procure two crore COVID-19 vaccine doses through global tender.
Deputy Chief Minister and state COVID task force head Dr CN Ashwath Narayan said that to meet the increased demand and to facilitate vaccination of the age group of 18-44 years, 2 crore COVID vaccines will be procured through a global tender. In addition to this an order has been placed for three crore vaccines which include one crore Covaxin and two crores Covishield, he informed.
K taka govt to procure 2 crore COVID-19 vaccine
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12 May 2021, 16:18 GMT+10
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 12 (ANI): The Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to procure two crore COVID-19 vaccine doses through global tender.
Deputy Chief Minister and state COVID task force head Dr CN Ashwath Narayan said that to meet the increased demand and to facilitate vaccination of the age group of 18-44 years, 2 crore COVID vaccines will be procured through a global tender. In addition to this an order has been placed for three crore vaccines which include one crore Covaxin and two crores Covishield, he informed. Till now we had depended only on vaccines supplied by the central government and it was not procured from the open market by floating tender. Now, it has been instructed to float the tender and to complete the process within seven days, said Narayan.
Karnataka govt floats global tender for Covid vaccines, gives nod to procurement of RTPCR kits, medicines
A high-level meeting presided by the Covid task force head has approved procurement of medicine, RAT kit, and RTPCR kit.
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In order to meet the increased demand and to facilitate vaccination of the age group of 18-44 years, 2 crore Covid-19 vaccines will be procured through global tender, Deputy Chief Minister and state Covid task force head Dr C.N.Ashwatha Narayana, said on Tuesday.
In addition to this, an order has been placed for 3 crore vaccines which include 1 crore Covaxin and 2 crore Covishield, he informed. This decision was taken in the high-level meeting. Javed Akhtar, ASC, Department of Health, Anjum Parvez, In-Charge, Drugs Procurement, Lata Kumari, MD, State Medical Supplies Corporation, Om Prakash Patil, Director, Department of Health were present in the meeting.
May 11, 2021
Decision to buy vaccines comes in the wake of increased demand for inoculation
Karnataka is to procure 2 crore Covid-19 vaccines through a global tender in order to meet the increased demand and to facilitate vaccination of eligible age groups. The state has so far depended on vaccines supplied by the Central Government, avoiding procurement from the open market by floating a tender. Now, we have been instructed to float a tender and to complete the process within seven days,” said Dr C N Ashwathanarayan, Deputy Chief Minister and state Covid task force head.
A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting held on Tuesday, which was presided over by Javed Akhtar, ASC, Department of Health, Anjum Parvez, In-Charge, Drugs Procurement, Lata Kumari, MD, State Medical Supplies Corporation, and Om Prakash Patil, Director, Department of Health.