Rajasthan govt likely to get Sputnik as an additional option

JAIPUR: The state government has ordered for one lakh doses of Sputnik and is likely to get it after Russian companies cold storage issue would be sorted out. The decision was made by the state government to ensure uninterrupted supply of vaccines and to have additional option for the beneficiaries looking for free vaccination.
Earlier, health minister Raghu Sharma had announced to get vaccines from the Russian company and even from other companies while the state was getting interrupted supply of vaccines.
“We have ordered them for 1 lakh doses. There are a few issues related to the cold storage. We are awaiting their final confirmation on the supply,” said Siddharth Mahajan, secretary, medical education told TOI.
He added that even the Union government’s supply is now little better. “The decision to take vaccine directly from various companies in abroad was taken to meet the crisis,” he added.
Meanwhile on Friday, 4,02,947 got their jabs out of which 2,78,642 had their first dose while 1,24,305 had their second dose in 200 centres. On Friday, the state received 3,65,000 doses of Covishield and 2,00,000 Covaxin doses.