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shortage of vaccines, supply

glitches and politics make fight

tough against pandemic

Our Bureau

Lucknow/New Delhi
n a major lapse and health-
care scare, 20 villagers in
IUttar Pradesh’s Siddharth-
nagar district were administered
Covaxin earlier this month after
they were given Covishield in
the first dose. District medical
authorities said an inquiry has
been ordered in the matter. But
people are demanding strict ac-
tion for “criminal negligence”.
This has happened at a time
when COVID-19 patients have
been “struggling for beds, oxy-
gen and medicines”, the vaccine
which is available “is not being
properly used”.
“Days after bodies were
found floating in the Ganga
River in the state, the govern-
ment is now wrongly vaccinating
people by mixing vaccine doses.
This is still a subject of global re-
search,” said a local leader. Citizens standing in a crowd as they wait to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Hengrabari Medical Unit,
India’s vaccine crisis is con- in Guwahati on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)
tinuing amid the pandemic. Dr.
Reddy’s Laboratories on Friday timeline for manufacturing, Good Manufacturing Practices
said that it has not entered into it said that dr. reddy’s testing, and release for a batch (GMP).
any partnership for supplying laboratories is the brand of Covaxin is approximately 120 Bharat Biotech further stat-
Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine days, depending on the technol- ed that based on Central Drugs
to residential associations and custodian of the sputnik ogy framework and regulatory Standard Control Organization
has not authorized any third v vaccine in india and has guidelines to be met. (CDSCO) guidelines, all vac-
party or intermediary to supply In an official release, the cines supplied in India are man-
the vaccine on its behalf in India. the sole distribution rights COVID-19 vaccine manufac- dated by law to be submitted for
A statement issued by Dr. of the first 250 million turer said the production batch- testing and release to the Cen-
Reddy’s Laboratories and Rus- es of Covaxin that were initiated tral Drugs Laboratory, Govern-
sian Direct Investment Fund doses (first and second during March this year will be ment of India. “All batches of
(RDIF) said that in the last few dose components includ- ready for supply only during the vaccines supplied to State and
days, there have been sever- month of June, approximately Central Governments are based
al unsubstantiated reports and ed) of the vaccine in india. after 120 days. on the allocation framework re-
claims from various quarters in Bharat Biotech said the pro- ceived from the Government of
India on alleged tie-ups for the Meanwhile, amid reports duction scale-up of vaccines is a India,” the company asserted.
Sputnik V vaccine. RDIF mar- of shortage of its COVID-19 step-by-step process, involving Meanwhile, senior Com-
kets the Sputnik V vaccine pro- vaccine in the country, Bharat several regulatory Standard Op- munist Party of India (Marx-
duced by Russia. Biotech on Friday said that the erating Procedures (SOPs) of Continued on next page... >>

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