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New Delhi, May 13: The Centre on Thursday rejected the Delhi government’s claim that Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech has refused to provide it “additional” doses and said the national capital has received over 15 lakh doses of the anti-COVID vaccine.
On Tuesday, Deputy Chief minister Manish Sisodia had alleged the Covaxin manufacturer has in a letter said it cannot provide the Delhi government vaccines due to unavailability, under instruction of government officials concerned.
“It means that the central government is controlling supply of the vaccine,” Sisodia, who is a senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, had said.
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