Relaxed after the Centre extended the Covishield vaccine interval to 16 to 18 weeks, the BMC has extended the bidding deadline for its global tender, floated to procure 1 crore vaccine doses from the foreign market.

The civic body, which received no bids in a week, has set the new deadline of May 25. It is expecting to get Russian vaccine Sputnik V, and is also willing to consider vaccines developed by Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson.