Delhi’s first drive-through COVID-19 vaccination facility, which opened with a lot fanfare two weeks in the past, is being shut because the Centre’s price cap for vaccines has made operation unviable.
Delhi’s first drive-through COVID-19 vaccination facility, which opened with a lot fanfare two weeks in the past, is being shut because the Centre’s price cap for vaccines has made operation unviable, officers stated on Friday. The drive-through centre at Vegas Mall in Dwarka, an initiative by the Delhi authorities and Aakash Healthcare Super Speciality Hospital, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on May 26.
A vaccine shot on the drive-through facility price Rs 1,400. On June 8, the central authorities set the utmost price personal hospitals can cost for the three COVID-19 vaccines at the moment out there within the nation — Covishield Rs 780 per dose, Covaxin Rs 1,410 and Sputnik V Rs 1,145.
“Delhi’s First Drive Thru, a highly safe, convenient way for public, which we ran non-stop for 15 days, we have decided to stop now, owing to new vaccination pricing, as running it has become non-viable now,” Aakash Healthcare Super Speciality Hospital stated in an announcement.
In a letter to all states and union territories on June 8, the Union well being ministry had prompt that strict motion be taken in opposition to personal vaccination centres overcharging for vaccines.
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