Will supply COVID-19 vaccine only to central govt: Pfizer
US pharmaceutical large Pfizer on Monday mentioned it can supply vaccines only to central governments and supranational organisations for deployment in nationwide immunisation applications. The assertion comes hours after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal mentioned that Pfizer and Moderna have declined to promote coronavirus vaccines to the town authorities as they need to straight take care of the Centre.
“Pfizer will supply COVID-19 vaccine only to central Govts & supra-national orgs for deployment in national immunization programs. Allocation of doses & implementation plan within a country is a decision for local governments based on relevant health authority guidance,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement right this moment.
The pharma large additional mentioned that its discussions with the Government of India are ongoing and that they’re “hopeful” to carry the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be used within the nation.
Earlier, a senior Punjab official mentioned Moderna had refused to ship vaccines straight to the state authorities stating that it only offers with the Centre.
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Delhi is amongst different states which have floated a worldwide tender to procure vaccines amid an acute scarcity of doses within the nation. The AAP authorities has set a goal to inoculate two crore folks of Delhi within the subsequent three months, however a number of vaccination centres within the metropolis have been closed due to the scarcity of vaccines.
“Both the companies (Pfizer, Moderna) have refused to sell vaccines directly to us. They have said that they will deal with the Government of India alone,” CM Kejriwal mentioned and urged the Centre to procure vaccines quickly and distribute them among the many states. “I appeal to the Centre to import vaccines and distribute to the states,” he added.
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