COVAXIN of Bharat Biotech will be available to state government hospitals at Rs. 600 per dose and at private hospitals at Rs. 1200 per dose, the Hyderabad based company stated on Saturday.
“Following the Govt of India directives, we announce the prices of COVAXIN vaccines – ₹600 per dose for state hospitals and ₹1,200 per dose for private hospitals,” Bharat Biotech said.
The vaccine manufacturer stated that Covaxin will be also be exported and the export price would be between $15-20 ( ₹1,123 to ₹1,498 approximately).
In a statement, Bharat Biotech chairman and managing director Krishna M Ella said, “Recovering costs is essential in the journey of innovation towards other vaccines such as Intranasal Covid-19…Our core mission for the last 25 years has been to provide affordable, yet world-class healthcare solutions for the globe.”
On the other hand Serum Institute of India, will sell COVISHIELD at Rs. 400 a dose to states and Rs. 600 a dose to private hospitals.
As per the Central government, all the citizens above 18 years-old will be eligible for vaccination post May 1.
India had started the Covid vaccination drive on 16 January with two vaccines — Covishield (Oxford-AstraZeneca’s vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India) and Covaxin (manufactured by Bharat Biotech Limited).