Bihar Won't Shop For Vaccines, Cites Other States: "See The Results"

Coronavirus vaccines: Several states announced they would try to buy vaccines directly from international manufacturers after the lack of doses slowed down or halted vaccinations that were opened to all adults on May 1.

Many states have floated global tenders for vaccines as doses for the 18 to 44 age group fall short, but Bihar, ruled by BJP ally Nitish Kumar, has decided against it. Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey indicated that the state is unlikely to go shopping for global vaccines. "See how other states floated global tenders and what the results were," Mr Pandey told NDTV, when asked why Bihar had not floated any global tenders to buy vaccines directly. "We received 1 crore 1 lakh vaccines. 98 lakh people have been vaccinated till Sunday," the minister said.