The Bharat Biotech onSaturday has capped the Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ price for the stategovernments and the private hospitals amid the hard times when the nation iswitnessing an overwhelming number of positive patients.
It has been decidedthe vaccine manufacturer that states can procure the vaccine at Rs 6,00 perdose while the private hospitals could get it for Rs 1,200 per dose.
It added that for thevaccine export the price of Covaxin would range between $15-20, which Rs 1,123to Rs 1,498 approximately.
In a statement issued,the vaccine manufacturer said, “We are deeply concerned by the ongoing Covid-19pandemic in India and the world.”
"Bharat Biotech is honoured to develop, manufacture andsupply Covaxin for India's vaccine rollout at rs 150 per dose, which isdistributed for free by the Government of India. We would like to state thatmore than 50per cent of our capacities have been reserved for centralgovernment supplies,” the statement added.
Notably, the othervaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India, would likely sell itsCovishield at Rs 400 per dose to states and Rs 600 to private hospitals.