global tenders to procure Covid-19 vaccines because of the rising demand and shortage of doses.However, US-based pharmaceutical firm Pfizer had told Punjab and Delhi that it would not supply vaccines to the states but will give them to the Centre.Meanwhile, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Kerala and Karnataka, Haryana some of the other states which have floated global tenders to procure anti-Covid vaccine.
So far, only Karnataka has received a positive response from two suppliers.As per the state's health department, two suppliers have come forward to supply Russia's Sputnik V and Sputnik Lite vaccines.