The Government of Telangana has released a short tender notification for the supply of the Covid-19 vaccine. The Governments wants to acquire around 10 million doses for the people of Telangana with this tender.
June 4th is the last date for applying for Tenders with the Government of Telangana. This is part of the Global tenders invited by the Government. Around 4 crore people have to be vaccinated in all the Government states.
Around 1.5 million doses have to be supplied to the Government the tender indicates. The 10 million doses have to supply in a span of 6 months. As the existing stock of vaccine doses has been exhausted, the State government has decided to postpone the administration of the second dose for people above 45 years until further notice.
“Because of the inadequate stock of Covaxin and non-receipt of fresh stocks from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the second dose drive for persons above 45 years of age is postponed,” a circular issued by the Directorate of Public Health & Family Welfare, Telangana, said earlier.
Meanwhile, the Central government said that Cowin, the government’s vaccination registration portal, will not accept any fresh online or on-site appointments in the portal if the gap of the first dose is less than 84 days.
The Union Ministry of Health made it clear that the online appointments for the second dose already booked will remain valid and are not being cancelled by Cowin.
The Centre on May 13 accepted the recommendations made by an expert panel to increase the gap between two Covishield vaccine doses to 12-16 weeks after the first dose.
