BMC to float global tenders for Covid-19 vaccines: Mumbai Mayor

In a major initiative the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC will issue global tenders to procure around five million Covid19 vaccines Mumbai Mayor Kishore Pednekar announced here on MondayShe said that the tenders would be floated in two days and the doses procured shall be used to administer free jabs to all MumbaikarsLast month the Maharashtra government had indicated that it would issue international tenders to procure various drugs like Remdesivir to tide over the shortages hereMaharashtra Tourism and Environment minister Aaditya Thackeray also posted on Twitter regarding the moveWe are also working on a method to ensure that the non tech savvy citizens and those who canrsquot operate the CoWin app with ease and for their access to vaccines in time 2nmdash Aaditya Thackeray AUThackeray May 10 2021Today the mybmc has also issued guidelines for vaccination policy of housing societies partnering with hospitals for vaccination within society complexes 4nmdash Aaditya Thackeray AUThackeray May 10 2021I request all other cities in Maharashtra to also have the drive in vaccination for citizens above the age of 65 for their ease and comfortmdash Aaditya Thackeray AUThackeray May 10 2021Earlier on Monday a delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party led by Leader of Opposition in the Council Pravin Darekar called on BMC commissioner IS Chahal and demanded the civic body should issue independent global tenders to enable free vaccination for the people of the cityThe vaccination drive in Mumbai and other parts of the state has been erratic in view of short supply of doses in the past few weeks and the load has increased after the 1844 age groups were cleared for the jabs from May 1In order to avoid rush at vaccination centres the BMC has also introduced drivein facility for senior citizens at Kohinoor Parking Lot and a few more similar centres shall come up shortlyFacing an acute shortage of COVID19 vaccines the Odisha government on Monday also decided to float a global tender for procuring the vaccine to inoculate the states entire population Odisha Chief Secretary S C Mohapatra saidIt is felt that complete vaccination is the best way to protect precious lives of the people Therefore the Cabinet allowed the state government to go for global tender and get vaccines at the earliest Mohapatra saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever