In a tweet message, Adar Poonawalla has given information about reducing the price.
Adar Poonawalla : There is good news before vaccine vaccination for people above 18 years of age starting May 1. Serum Institute, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, has reduced the price of its vaccine Covishield. The CEO of Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, has announced the reduction of the vaccine price. In a tweet message, Adar Poonawalla has given information about reducing the price. Adar Poonawalla has said that in view of the interest of the people, they are ready to reduce the cost of the vaccine and now the price of Covishield vaccine is reduced from Rs 400 to Rs 300.
Poonawalla has said that this will allow more people to be vaccinated.
Adar Poonawalla has said that the reduced price of the vaccine has been implemented with immediate effect and this will save the state governments thousands of crores of rupees. Poonawalla has said that this will allow more and more people to vaccinated, which will save priceless lives.
As a philanthropic gesture on behalf of @SerumInstIndia, I hereby reduce the price to the states from Rs.400 to Rs.300 per dose, effective immediately; this will save thousands of crores of state funds going forward. This will enable more vaccinations and save countless lives.
— Adar Poonawalla (@adarpoonawalla) April 28, 2021
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It is worth mentioning that two days ago, the Central Government had ask the Serum Institute. Bharat Biotech to reduce the price of their Covid-19 vaccines. The government had asked these two companies to price the vaccines at a time when various states had criticized. Objected to profiteering during such a big crisis.
The price of covaxin is Rs 600 per dose for the state governments
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has fixed the price of its Covid-19 vaccine covaxin at Rs 600 per dose for state governments and Rs 1,200 per dose for private hospitals. The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) has announced a price of Rs 400 per dose for the state governments of its Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ and Rs 600 per dose for private hospitals. Both vaccines are available to the central government at the rate of Rs 150 per dose.
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