Coronavirus | BMC receives three bids for 3 crores of Sputnik V
The Hindu
The municipal corporation is also trying to get Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received three bids for three crores of the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V for COVID 19, revealed the civic body commissioner Iqbal Chahal. Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Chahal said, “We got three proposals yesterday, but we still extended the date till May 25. Now we have three bids of one crore Sputnik each.” This comes a day after BMC received three incomplete proposals from three firms. The first dose of Sputnik V was given in Hyderabad last week and around three lakh doses are believed to be delivered in India. The price of one dose of Sputnik V has been fixed at ₹995.
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