Studying vax requests from states very carefully: Russia
New Delhi:26.05.2021
Russia is getting requests from Indian states and companies for the supply of Sputnik V vaccines, said Russian deputy envoy Roman Babushkin, adding that “all proposals” are being studied “very carefully”.
Speaking to reporters, the deputy envoy said that supplies of Sputnik V, the world’s first registered vaccine against coronavirus, are going on according to the “contract obligations and schedules”. “Supplies of Sputnik V are going on according to the contract obligations and schedules. We are getting some more requests from other Indian companies and state governments and all proposals are being studied very carefully,” he added.
Sputnik V was registered in India under the emergency use authorisation procedure on April 12, and vaccination against coronavirus with the Russian vaccine started on May 14.
India has so far received two consignments of the Covid-19 vaccines. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Panacea Biotec, one of the leading pharmaceutical producers in India, on Monday launched the production of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.
Highlighting the Sputnik V progress, Roman said, “Sputnik V is one of the vaccines which is included in the Indian mass vaccination drive and it speaks for itself. The preliminary schedule is to reach 850 million doses in India per year. We know there is interest from other business partners and even state governments, all these proposals we are studying very carefully.” ANI
Times View: It makes little sense for different states to be engaging with different manufacturers in different countries to buy vaccines. With the manufacturers themselves refusing to deal with them individually in several cases, the plan, whatever it was, doesn’t seem to be working. The Centre should aggregate the needs of different states and present them as a single list to manufacturers abroad. Otherwise, the process will further get delayed to the detriment of the common people.
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