New Delhi: World’s main vaccine producer, Moderna Inc. has declined a request for a direct supply of vaccines by the Punjab state authorities.
The Punjab authorities had just lately requested all of the main vaccine producers that embody Pfizer– BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, Russian Sputnik V and Moderna for the direct supply of the coronavirus vaccines to the state.
“One of a Covid vaccine manufacturer Moderna has refused to send direct vaccination to Punjab government as according to their policy, they only deal with Government of India and not with any state government or private parties,” mentioned an announcement issued by Punjab’s Information and Public Relations Department.
The assertion additional added that “It may be recalled that the state government was forced to stop vaccination for phase 1 and phase 2 categories in the last three days because of non-availability.”
Vikas Garg, Punjab’s nodal officer for vaccination mentioned that “the company as per its policy would only deal with the Government of India” on Sunday (May 23).
“All efforts would be made for procurement of vaccines to meet the acute shortage in the state, which had received fewer than 44 lakh vaccine doses so far from the Government of India,” the notification additional acknowledged.
Punjab recorded 5421 new coronavirus circumstances, 201 folks succumbed to demise prior to now 24 hours as per the bulletin launched by the well being bulletin on Saturday (May 22).
