The Chief Executive Officer of Pune-based pharmaceutical company, Serum Institute of India (SII), Adar Poonawalla on Saturday asked whether the Indian government have Rs 80,000 crores over the next year to buy and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to everybody in India.
It is to be noted that the Serum Institute of India is all set to begin phase three trials of the Covishield Vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University at Sassoon General Hospital in Pune.
“Quick question; will the government of India have 80,000 crores available, over the next one year? Because that’s what Ministry of Health needs, to buy and distribute the vaccine to everyone in India. This is the next concerning the challenge we need to tackle,” Adar Poonawalla tweeted.
Quick question; will the government of India have 80,000 crores available, over the next one year? Because that’s what…