India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh to spend up to US$1 billion to buy COVID-19 vaccines

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NEW DELHI: India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh will spend up to US$1 billion to buy COVID-19 shots and held early talks this week with ...

Uttar Pradesh has also held pre-bid talks with Indian vaccine companies the Serum Institute of India - licensed to make the AstraZeneca and Novavax shots - Bharat Biotech and Cadila Healthcare as part of a global tender to buy 40 million doses over the next few months, state spokesman Navneet Sehgal told Reuters.

He said Johnson and Johnson could also confirm their participation in the tender by late Thursday via email. Sputnik V's local distributor, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, has also held talks."Money is not an issue, we have a huge budget," said Sehgal, a senior bureaucrat in the state of 240 million people."We will spend up to 100 billion rupees ."

 

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