Covishield value but to be finalised: officers

Even as Serum Institute of India (SII) plans to initially present Covishield to the Indian authorities at Rs 200 ($2.73) a dose, the worth at which the federal government will truly procure the Pune agency’s Covid-19 vaccine is but to be finalised, The Indian Express has learnt.
A senior authorities official advised The Indian Express that the federal government has not introduced something. “It is SII (that has announced a price), so we are not responsible for what they say… We have not announced any price so far, that is where we stand,” the official mentioned. “Once we fix it (price), we will definitely share it.”
Another senior official mentioned the federal government was ready to obtain value quotations from SII in addition to Bharat Biotech. “When we start with the process of procurement, they will give us the price quotation,” the official mentioned.
When requested how the federal government deliberate to divide its procurement of Covishield and Covaxin, the primary official mentioned these particulars have been but to be finalised.

SII Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla has maintained that the vaccine could be provided to the federal government at a “very special” value of Rs 200 a dose for the primary 100 million doses. He had additionally mentioned that the two-shot vaccine could be offered for Rs 1,000 a dose to most people as soon as the agency obtained approvals to promote it within the personal market. In response to emailed queries by The Indian Express on Tuesday, the agency confirmed these costs.
Bharat Biotech Managing Director Dr Krishna Ella didn’t announce a value for Covaxin.