Center Rs. 303 in Covishield, Rs. Will buy 20 million doses of covacin in 214

(PTI) New Delhi, Dt

Amid fears of a third wave of corona epidemics in the country, the central government has decided to buy a new vaccine against corona at a new price to alleviate the shortage. 303 and covexin Rs. It will buy more than 50 million doses at a price of Rs 215, which will be delivered between August and December. Meanwhile, there were 2,08 daily cases of corona in the country on Saturday and another 20 deaths. With this, the total number of cases has gone up to 5,10,8,308 and the death toll has crossed 2.15 lakh.

The central government has said it will buy 25 million doses of Covishield from the Serum Institute and 25 million doses of Covacin from Bharat Biotech by December. The central government had earlier charged Rs. She was buying at Rs. However, the health ministry had announced an improvement in prices after the new policy of buying corona vaccine came into force on June 21.

The health ministry added that more than 217 million doses of the vaccine have been delivered in the country so far. On Saturday, 2.5 lakh doses of corona vaccine were given in one day. In the country, more than 21.12 lakh people in the age group of 15 to 6 years have taken the first dose while 2.5 lakh people have taken the second dose.

Meanwhile, in the wake of the third wave of corona warnings in the country, 4,09 cases of corona were reported daily on Saturday and another 20 deaths were reported. The number of active cases dropped further to 2.5 lakh, which is 1.6 per cent of the total cases in Corona. In the last 3 hours, the number of active cases has decreased by 4.5. The country has so far cured 2,09,8,6 patients and the national recovery rate is 7.61 per cent. The daily positivity rate is 1.21 per cent, down from 7 per cent in the last three days. The weekly positivity rate is 7.10 per cent, the health ministry said. India registered 20 million cases on May 4 and 30 million on June 9.