India
oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P
New Delhi, May 13: After Bharat Biotech said it cannot supply more doses of Covaxin to Delhi, the city government wrote to the Serum Institute of India (SII) asking it to “come to its rescue”, saying it has limited stock of Covishield for 18 to 44 years which will finish in one week.
To this, the SII said they are doing their best to meet countrywide vaccine requirements, official sources said. In a letter to the SII, Director of Family Welfare, Delhi Government, Dr Monika Rana said, “We rely on your support for provision of sufficient quantities of vaccine in a time-bound manner.”
“Delhi has a limited stock of Covishield for 18 to 44 years which will finish in one week and vaccination centres will have to be closed due to non-availability of vaccines,” she said.
“In order to prevent this, you are requested…