Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has also accepted the sale of the corona vaccine in Punjab at higher prices. The minister said that people in Punjab should be given the corona vaccine free of cost. However, the state vaccine has been sold at higher prices. Puri said that in Punjab, the corona vaccine Kovidshield was bought for Rs 309, which has been sold for Rs 1,560.
According to the media report, the minister further said that the Punjab government official and in-charge of Kovid vaccination has disclosed some figures of May 29 and informed that 4.29 lakh doses of Kovidshield vaccines were purchased for Rs 13.25 crore. Its average amount is Rs 309, while 1,14,190 doses of Covaccine vaccines were purchased for an average of Rs 4.70 crore. The cost of a vaccine of Covaxin is Rs 412.
Puri further said that the states are doing profiteering. The minister said that the Center has distributed 50 percent of the vaccines to the states and union territories for a free vaccination to the people. States are profiteering from their purchases. He said that if these figures are correct then the actual amount of profit is not just Rs 2.40 crore.