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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

India forced to sell AstraZeneca vaccine to private hospitals for nearly $ 8 per dose

The Indian Institute of Pharmaceutical Serum (SII) said on Wednesday it would sell the AstraZeneca vaccine to the government for 400 rupees ($ 5.30) per dose and to a private hospital for 600 rupees (7.95 rupees). Dollars) per dose.

"Furthermore, due to the complexity and urgency of the current situation, it is difficult to supply vaccines independently and free of charge to individual units," the company said in a statement.

"We will encourage all companies, enterprises and the private sector to obtain these vaccines through the state, which is coordinated through private health care mechanisms and systems," the company said.

So far, India has had 19,616,130 cases of 19 Covid cases and 182,570 deaths and 13,276,039 cases.

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