SII's Covishield vaccine to cost Rs 200 a vial

January 11, 2021 16:51

Serum Institute of India (SII) has received a purchase order from the Government of India, SII officials, said. The vaccine would be available at the price of Rs 200 per vial.

The drug is expected to roll out of SII's Pune facilities tonight or tomorrow morning.

"A few million doses of Covishield will be supplied every week. 11 million doses may be supplied in the initial lot," they added.

The process of administering the vaccine will start on on January 16, the government said on the weekend.

The SII vaccine developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca was cleared for emergency use along with Bharat Biotech's indigenous "Covaxin" earlier this month.

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