Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday issued a call for global tenders to procure Covid-19 vaccines.Speaking to the media, Andhra Pradesh medical and health principal secretary Anil Kumar Singhal said that the last date for filing bids is 3 June.He further informed that the pre-bid meeting is likely to be held on 20 or 22 May."Some could be single-dose and some double dose vaccine.
Based on the bids, we will make the purchase (of the number of doses) accordingly," said Singhal.He said that many state governments are coming forward to implement the decisions taken by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy."Other states are following the decisions taken by Andhra Pradesh in the fight against coronavirus like calling global tenders for purchase.