With a view to speeding up the vaccination drive, the Uttar Pradesh government has floated a global tender for purchase of 40 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
Additional Chief Secretary, Information, Navneet Sehgal said on Wednesday that the global tender for purchase of Covid vaccines has been floated by Uttar Pradesh Medical Supply Corporation. “Companies interested in supplying the vaccines can download the tender document which will open on May 7 and the last date for submission of the tender is May 21,” he said.
The government has already ordered 10 million Covid vaccines from two companies manufacturing Covaxin and Covishield.
Sehgal said that vaccination of 18-44 years category as well as that of people aged above 45 years is going on in the state and so far, 1,05,68,125 people have been given the first dose of vaccine.
“Since May 1, the vaccination of people in the age group of 18-44 is going on in 7 districts. Under this, 51,284 people have been vaccinated so far. This global tender will accelerate the vaccination of people in the age group of 18-44 years,” he said.
Sehgal said that the benefit of government immunisation is being given to specific groups like government employees and their families, media personals and their families and the poor. He said that the Covid vaccination is being done free of cost in government hospitals.