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Home / News / India News / Rs. 200 per vaccine dose: SII receives government's purchase order
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    Rs. 200 per vaccine dose: SII receives government's purchase order

    Siddhant Pandey
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    Siddhant Pandey
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    Last updated on Jan 11, 2021, 06:22 pm
    Rs. 200 per vaccine dose: SII receives government's purchase order
  • The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) has received the purchase order for COVID-19 vaccines from the central government, officials said on Monday.

    The Centre is looking forward to commencing the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16.

    India's drug regulator has granted emergency approval to two vaccines: SII's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN.

    Here are more details.

  • In this article
    SII fixes price at Rs. 200 per dose: Officials Vaccination drive to begin on January 16 Vaccine doses will likely be dispatched tomorrow morning SII collaborates with Kool-ez Cold Chain for vaccine transport PM Modi interacts with CMs on vaccine roll-out How bad is the outbreak in India?
  • Details

    SII fixes price at Rs. 200 per dose: Officials

    SII fixes price at Rs. 200 per dose: Officials
  • SII officials were quoted as saying by the news agency ANI that the institute has received a purchase order from the government.

    The officials also said that the vaccine would be available at a price of Rs. 200 per dose.

    Earlier, SII CEO Adar Poonawalla had said the price for procuring the vaccine may be fixed at Rs. 250 per dose for the government.

  • Vaccination

    Vaccination drive to begin on January 16

  • Last week, the Centre had said vaccinations would begin on January 16.

    In the first phase, nearly 30 million (three crore) healthcare and frontline workers will receive the vaccine, while vulnerable groups (those above 50 years of age and the under-50 population groups with co-morbidities; covering 270 million people) will be vaccinated in the second phase.

    These 300 million people would receive the vaccine for free.

  • Vaccination

    Vaccine doses will likely be dispatched tomorrow morning

    Vaccine doses will likely be dispatched tomorrow morning
  • The government aims to secure 600 million doses initially for vaccinations over the next six-eight months.

    Vaccine doses will likely be dispatched early Tuesday morning, sources told ANI.

    The SII has already stockpiled around 50 million doses for immediate distribution.

    Once the two-dose vaccine becomes available for the private market, it may be priced at about Rs. 1,000/dose, Poonawalla had said in November.

  • Transport

    SII collaborates with Kool-ez Cold Chain for vaccine transport

  • The SII has collaborated with Pune-based Kool-ez Cold Chain Ltd. to transport the vaccine doses across the country.

    Six air-conditioned trucks will be used to ship the first consignment of Covishield doses from SII's facility in Pune, India Today reported.

    Each container will be carrying at least 280-300 boxes and each box will have 1.20 lakh vaccine doses, the report added.

  • Related news

    PM Modi interacts with CMs on vaccine roll-out

    PM Modi interacts with CMs on vaccine roll-out
  • Ahead of the vaccine roll-out, Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Chief Ministers.

    During the meeting, the PM stressed on ensuring that politicians do not jump the queue to get the vaccine, sources told ANI.

    Praising India's response to the outbreak, the PM also said that COVID-19 has not spread in India as badly as in other parts of the world.

  • Outbreak

    How bad is the outbreak in India?

    How bad is the outbreak in India?
  • The pace of the outbreak has slowed down considerably since hitting a peak in September 2020.

    India has reported 1,04,66,595 COVID-19 cases, according to the Health Ministry's latest tally on Monday morning, with 16,311 new infections reported over a 24-hour period.

    The total cases include 2,22,526 active cases, 1,00,92,909 recoveries, and 1,51,160 deaths.

    India remains the world's second worst-hit country after the United States.

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  • Coronavirus
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  • Adar Poonawalla
  • Covishield
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