Nursing homes to have restricted part of Covishield vaccine at Rs 600 per dose: SII
A healthworker hold vials of Covishield vaccine.
The Serum Institute of Asia (SII) on Saturday stated just a finite portion of its vaccines amount is going to be sold to nursing homes at Rs 600 per dosage. The cost of the vaccine remains less than many various other hospital treatment and essentials expected to treat COVID-19 and other life-threatening diseases, it added.
“Government procurement for countrywide immunisation programs in all nations inlcuding Asia has been at a cheaper price as amounts are big. Including, based on the market problems, costs of several vaccines in personal marketplace including our pneumococcal vaccine can be purchased at a greater free-economy cost, whereas for the government it really is practically 1/3rd of free market price,” SII stated.
“Furthermore, there clearly was an incorrect comparison done amongst the worldwide costs of vaccine with Asia. Covishield is one of inexpensive Covid-19 vaccine in the market today. The first rates were kept low globally because was considering advance money give by those nations for at-risk vaccine production. The initial supply cost of Covishield for many government immunisation programme, including Asia, has-been the lowest,” SII mentioned.
In addition, inside interest of general public health, it is important the marketplace to open-up for other vaccines from around the world. This can speed up and advance the immunisation system of our country, SII included.
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Posted at Sat, 24 Apr 2021 11:27:02 +0000
