Uttarakhand government has formed a five-member committee that will work towards procuring vaccines through global tenders. "It has become necessary to vaccinate the people of the state immediately against Covid-19 in order to contain the outbreak.
Considering the shortage of Covishield and Covaxin, a committee has been formed to import these vaccines like Sputnik V from different countries," said state chief secretary Om Prakash on Tuesday. "The committee will work towards procuring vaccines through global tenders," he added.
The chief secretary had on Monday said that the state needs one lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine per day and urged the Centre to allow its import."We need one lakh vaccine doses per day.