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Delhi Will Float Global Tender For COVID-19 Vaccines: Deputy CM Manish Sisodia

New Delhi: The Delhi government will float a global tender for procuring coronavirus vaccines, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday.

The BJP-ruled Centre was “forcing” state governments to invite global tenders for vaccine procurement. The Central government wants the states to compete and fight with each other in the international market for vaccines, Sisodia alleged at a press conference here.

Sisodia also demanded the Centre to launch a nationwide COVID vaccination drive on the line of the pulse polio campaign.

Earlier in the day, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over vaccine shortage, saying the Centre should share the vaccine formula of the two manufacturers with other capable pharmaceutical companies to scale up production in the country, PTI reported

AAP leader Atishi had also said Monday the Delhi government will have to close vaccination centres where Covaxin is being administered to beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group after Tuesday evening if its stocks are not replenished.

OB Bureau

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