India: COVID vaccine at $5 for states, $8 for private hospitals
Al Jazeera
Opposition parties and health experts concerned as Serum Institute of India announces separate prices for its vaccine.
The Serum Institute of India (SII) says 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), as the central government continues to receive the vaccine at 150 rupees ($2). “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 on Wednesday. “We would urge all corporate and private individuals to access the vaccines through the state facilitated machinery and private health systems.”More Related News