“The Central government wants the states to compete and fight with each other in the international market for vaccines,” Mr Sisodai alleged. The decision came as huge crowds were reported at several places after the government opened vaccination for the 18-plus population. Ashwath Narayan said on Tuesday.The Karnataka government too decided to procure two crore vaccine doses through global tender to meet the increased demand and to facilitate vaccination of the age group of 18-44 years, deputy chief minister and state Covid task force head C. Many of them blamed the Centre for the shortage and said that its new policy is forcing states to compete with each to procure vaccines rather than help each other.Uttar Pradesh government had earlier this month floated global e-tenders to procure four crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines from licensed manufacturers.— PTI New Delhi: With state governments running out of both varieties of vaccines and having to either shut down vaccination centres or ration them, several states and Union Territories, including Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha, are planning to float global tenders to procure vaccines and ramp up the inoculation drive.Maharashtra health minister announced that the state will give priority to those in the 45-plus age category and needing a second dose.N.Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over vaccine shortage on Tuesday, saying the Centre should share the vaccine formula of the two manufacturers with other capable pharmaceutical companies to scale up production in the country.

Addressing a press conference, he alleged that the BJP-ruled Centre is "forcing" state governments to invite global tenders for vaccine procurement.The Centre on Tuesday asked states and UTs to ensure all beneficiaries who have taken the first dose are prioritised for the second doses during the vaccination drives. end-of Tags: karnataka andhra pradesh global tenders vaccine, telangana maharashtra global tenders vaccine, many states plan global tenders for vaccines, shortage of covid vaccine, centre blamed for covid vaccine shortage. began amidst a ferocious 2nd wave of Covid-19, India has been facing acute shortage of vaccines Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over vaccine shortage on Tuesday, saying the Centre should share the vaccine formula of the two manufacturers with other capable pharmaceutical companies to scale up production in the country. Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia too said the AAP government will float a global tender for procuring coronavirus vaccines. Officials said the Andhra Pradesh government will float a global tender in a day or two for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines from foreign manufacturers to complete the vaccination process as quickly as possible.The World Health Organization, India and South Africa have have all called for patents to be temporarily suspended, especially by the US.Since the third phase of vaccination began amidst a ferocious second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, India has been facing acute shortage of vaccines. However, states and private h Quartet Lipstick tube Manufacturers 

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