Serum institute to sell AstraZeneca jab to India’s private hospitals at $8/dose
FILE PHOTO: Officials unload boxes containing vials of AstraZeneca’s COVISHIELD, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, outside a vaccination storage center in Ahmedabad, India, January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave
NEW DELHI — The Serum Institute of India said Wednesday it would sell the AstraZeneca vaccine to the country’s state governments at 400 rupees ($5.30) per dose and to private hospitals at 600 rupees ($7.95).
“Furthermore, owing to the complexity, and urgency of the situation it is challenging to supply it independently to each corporate entity,” it said in a statement. “We would urge all corporate and private individuals to access the vaccines through the state facilitated machinery and private health systems.”
($1 = 75.4620 Indian rupees)
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