Mumbai: With a number of states steadily floating world tender for Covid-19 vaccines in view of the surge in instances amid the second wave of the pandemic, there’s good for Mumbai because the monetary capital’s civic physique has obtained bids for the provision of Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sputnik in response to its world tender for one crore doses.
This got here because the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) had earlier on May 12 floated world tenders to purchase Covid vaccines at Rs 700 crore.
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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal knowledgeable that eight bids, together with one bid for Pfizer/Astra Zeneca and the remaining seven bids for Sputnik, have been obtained until date in response to the “MCGM’s Global Expression of Interest for procurement of one crore vaccine doses”.
He added that any extra bid shall even be entertained.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope additionally whereas commenting on the difficulty of worldwide tenders to obtain Covid vaccines instructed the media that the state authorities has obtained a response from few firms, together with Pfizer, Sputnik and AstraZeneca.
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Struggling to sort out the surge in Covid-19 instances, a number of different states, together with Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh, too have floated world tender for jabs.
Several different states, together with West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Assam and Punjab, are, nevertheless, but to take a name on floating world tender for vaccines.
