Odisha floats global tender for COVID-19 vaccine procurement

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New Delhi: In order to satisfy the scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines, Odisha State Medical Corporation (OSMC) has floated on-line global bids from producers to acquire the jabs. 

OSMC has floated a global e-Tender for the availability of three.80 crore COVID-19 vaccines which the bidders are required to produce in 4 phases and the state authorities will subject a separate buy order for every of them, ANI reported. 

“Odisha State Medical Corporation (OSMC) has invited online global bids through an e-Tender portal for supply of the 3.80 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine from manufacturers”, a discover by the Odisha authorities learn. 

The bidders is not going to be permitted to withdraw their bid after the opening of the technical bid, throughout the minimal bid validity interval of 180 days and in addition after accepting the Letter of Intent. Successful bidders will probably be supplied with on-line monitoring facility for understanding items supply standing on the consignee location and progress on fee by OSMCL, the information company reported. 

On May 10, the state cupboard had accepted the proposal to drift a global tender for buying coronavirus vaccines. 

Meanwhile, the Odisha authorities has comprised a seven-member state-level committee to observe the rising instances of Mucormycosis or Black Fungus amongst COVID -19 sufferers. 

“In view of the reported rise in the incidence of Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) amongst the COVID-19 patients on Corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive drugs and also amongst patients in the post COVID period in the State, Odisha Government has constituted a State Level Committee”, the federal government stated in a press launch. 

Odisha recorded 12,390 new instances within the final 24 hours, whereas 22 COVID-related deaths and eight,665 recoveries have been additionally reported on Friday, as per the state well being bulletin. 

(With ANI inputs)

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