The Centre has also capped the prices for private hospitals. Only a maximum of Rs 150 can be charged by them as service charge.
The Central government on Tuesday said that orders for 44 crore COVID-19 vaccines have been placed with the respective vaccine manufacturers, Serum Insitute and Bharat Biotech. The delivery of the same will be made between August and December 2021.
Specifically, orders for 25 crore doses of Covishield and 19 crore doses of Covaxin have been placed to achieve universalization of vaccination. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a fresh vaccine policy, wherein the Centre took over the 25% procurement power given to states as per the ‘liberalised vaccine policy’
The government last week also placed an advance order of 30 crore doses of a vaccine from Hyderabad-based Biological E, currently in the clinical trial stage, for its in-development protein submit vaccine.
The shift in policy comes after Supreme Court made stinging remarks at the liberalized vaccine policy, calling it “prima facie arbitrary and irrational” and demanded a blueprint of the way ahead. The judges strongly hinted that a do-over was in order.
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