Covid-19: Vaccination of people above 18 in may be delayed: Karnataka Health Minister
Vaccination of people above 18 years of age, which was supposed to start out from May 1, may be delayed because the vaccines haven’t but arrived, Karnataka Health Minister Dr Ok Sudhakar mentioned on Friday.
“We have made orders to Serum Institute in Pune for over one crore doses but the official news is that they are still not prepared to give it to us from tomorrow as scheduled,” the Minister advised reporters right here.
He requested people who’ve enrolled themselves on the Cowin portal for inoculation to chorus from going to vaccination centres on May 1.
The Minister mentioned the federal government will intimate the eligible people after affirmation from Serum Institute of India concerning the arrival of vaccines.
“We have already paid Rs 400 crore to purchase one crore doses of Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India in Pune,” the Minister mentioned.
According to him, the Serum Institute has the capability to supply 5 to 6 crore doses in a month whereas the Hyderabad based mostly Bharat Biotech can produce one to 1.5 crore doses.
Russia’s Sputnik has given licence to Dr Reddy’s Laboratory to supply the vaccine however they haven’t knowledgeable the federal government formally when they may be capable of provide it.
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