No response to global tender on Covid-19 vaccines: Maharashtra Health Minister

People walk past notices announcing that the Covishield, AstraZeneca-Oxford's Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine is out of stock at a vaccination centre in Mumbai. Credit: AFP File Photo

Struggling to meet the shortage of vaccines in the state, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said that the state's global tender for Covid-19 vaccines had not received any responses.

"We are requesting the Central govt to float tender and provide us vaccines," Tope said.

In a briefing, Tope said that the current positivity rate is 12% and the recovery rate is 93%. There are 2,245 cases of 'black fungus' in the state.

Under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, mucormycosis patients will receive free treatment at state-run hospitals, he added.

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