India sells AstraZeneca vaccine for $ 5.3 a dose

On April 21, the Indian Institute of Hematology said it would sell the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine to governments for 400 rupees ($ 5.3) per dose, while the price of vaccines to private hospitals. is 600 rupees ($ 7.95) per dose.

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine. Photo: VNA broadcast Due to the complexity and urgency of the situation, the provision of vaccines individually to each organization is a challenge, the institute’s announcement noted. We urge all organizations and individuals to access vaccines through public agencies and the private health care system. ”| In addition, from July next, the country can increase production of vaccine AstraZeneca to 100 million doses / month, significantly increased from the current 60-70 million doses per month. However, this production growth milestone is two months later than originally intended. The same day, Prime Minister Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha said the country will seek to buy about 35 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine from two or three other manufacturers, in addition to the 65 million doses already ordered. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said this would complement the government’s purchase of 65 million doses of vaccine from two manufacturers, AstraZeneca and Sinovac Biotech, according to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Bangkok. Of the 35 million doses of the new vaccine, 10-15 million will be bought by the private sector to inject their employees and this will save the government money. Thailand started its vaccination campaign on February 28 with priority given to high-risk people who are health professionals and those in close contact with patients. The country’s vaccination campaign will initially rely on imported vaccines developed by China-based company Sinovac Biotech and will then use the vaccine AstraZeneca contracted by the company Siam Bioscience to make domestically for injection. vaccinated for about 35 million people. As of April 20, more than 2.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including 117,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, arrived in Thailand. To date, Thailand has received a total of 712,610 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.