
Serum Institute To Provide 2 Crore Covishield Doses To Centre For Free
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Serum Institute of India or SII has so far provided more than 170 crore doses of Covishield to the government for the national immunisation programme.
The Serum Institute of India has offered two crore doses of Covishield vaccine to the central government free of cost amid a rise in COVID-19 cases in some countries, official sources said today.
According to an official source, Prakash Kumar Singh, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at the Serum Institute, has written to the Health Ministry offering the doses worth Rs 410 crore free of cost, reported Press Trust of India.
It is learnt that Mr Singh has sought to know from the ministry how the delivery can be made.
Serum Institute of India or SII has so far provided more than 170 crore doses of Covishield to the government for the national immunisation programme.