Govt likely to allow Covid-19 vaccine in private market by March end

Low turnout for vaccination so far a likely reason

With a low turnout for vaccination so far, the government is planning to open up vaccination to the private market by March or April, according to sources.
 

To boost the rate of vaccination, "the government is actively considering allowing vaccines to be available in the private market sooner than planned," said a source in the know.
 

The person added that vaccines have a shelf life of six months, according to the approval granted by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) based on the stability data available so far.
 

"Serum Institute had around 100 million doses of the vaccine (Covishield)