The government on Monday claimed as ‘incorrect’ the news report by a section of media alleging that the Centre has not placed any fresh order for Covid-19 vaccines. “The news reports suggest that the last order placed with the two vaccine makers (100 million doses with SII and 20 million doses with Bharat Biotech) was in March 2021. Industry sources revealed that the final tranche of deliveries of this order will be completed within the next few days,” the report claimed. As on date against the last order of 2 crore doses for supplies of Covaxin vaccine, 0.8813 crore doses have been delivered till 03.05.2021,” it further read. ALSO READ: Shortage hits Phase 3 of Covid-19 vaccination driveIndia had administered over 156 million coronavirus vaccine doses by Saturday.

Source: Hindustan Times May 03, 2021 09:20 UTC