The Centre has placed an order to procure 66 crore more doses of Covishield and Covaxin to be supplied between August and December this year, at a revised price of Rs.205 and Rs.215 per dose, respectively , excluding taxes, official sources said.
They said 37.5 crore of Covishield doses from the Serum Institute of India and 28.5 crore Covaxin doses from bharat biotech will be procured by December.
The Union Health ministry which was procuring both the vaccine at Rs.150 per dose , had indicated that the prices would be revised after new Covid-19 vaccine procurement policy came into effect from june 21.
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