After consulting with pharmaceutical firms, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy stated on Wednesday that the Centre has made arrangements to vaccinate all citizens against Covid-19 by December. He also promised that everyone would be immunized.
“Following discussions with many pharmaceutical companies, the government has developed action plans to vaccinate everyone by the end of December (2021) and to produce 250 crore vaccine doses. Sputnik landed in Hyderabad yesterday, and talks are on to bring in Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson as well “Reddy, the state minister for home affairs, was cited.
“In terms of vaccinating its populace, India ranks third among other countries. We have reduced import regulations so that private hospitals may get vaccinations. The vaccination campaign will go on for the next 7-8 months. You may rest confident that everyone will receive the vaccination “He continued.
The minister’s remarks came on the same day that the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) announced that it would discontinue particular studies of Covid-19 vaccinations that had been authorized by other foreign regulatory agencies. The significant action is anticipated to pave the road for foreign vaccinations such as Pfizer and Moderna to meet the country’s urgent needs.
DCGI chief VG Somani stated in a letter that this will apply to vaccinations that have previously been licenced for limited use by the US FDA, EMA, UK MHRA, PMDA Japan, or designated for Emergency Use by the World Health Organization.
On Tuesday, a top government official stated that India will vaccinate 10 million (1 crore) people per day by July or early August, dismissing fears of vaccine scarcity in the country. Dr. Balram Bhargava, director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), stated that the entire number of vaccines performed in the country is approximately equal to the total number performed in the United States, despite India’s population is four times that of the United States.
“We must exercise some patience. We would have more than enough doses by the end of the year, in mid-July or early August, to vaccinate up to a crore (10 million) people every day “He stated this during a news conference.
However, the government’s ambitious strategy would need the administration of 1.88 billion doses by the end of this year. According to a study of data from Hindustan’s current vaccination program and supply of vaccines, 1.67 billion, or 89 percent of the planned doses, have yet to be delivered.
This implies that starting in June, the country must supply 238 million pills every month or risk falling behind schedule.
In May, India supplied an average of 1.93 million doses per day, and some states ran out of supply for at least some groups of beneficiaries by the fourth week of the month. The amount of dosages needed for June alone has been estimated at 120 million.
