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Mumbai Civic Body Floats Global Tender For 1Cr COVID-19 Vaccine Doses, Restricts China

Mumbai: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a global Expression of Interest (EoI) for procurement of one crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Mumbai.

Municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said, “BMC has floated global bid to procure one crore Covid vaccines at the earliest. BMC has resolved to make every possible effort in future and also to acquire sufficient quantity of Covid vaccines to vaccinate all eligible citizens of Mumbai on a war footing in the next 60-90 days.”

According to BMC, all approvals (from the centre) regarding Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson vaccine supplements will have to be taken by the manufacturers themselves. However, it has barred Chinese vaccine manufacturers from participating in the procurement process by restricting the participation of border-sharing countries with India.

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In a statement issued on Wednesday, the BMC said, “To supply one crore (10 million) doses of Covid prevention vaccine, BMC has published a Global Expression of Interest (EoI) inviting various companies to submit proposals. This notice has been published today (May 12, 2021) and according to this, EoI is to be submitted to the BMC by 1 pm on May 18, 2021. The proposals will be unveiled on the same day, May 18, 2021, at 3 pm. If the BMC issues a work order, the entire vaccine will have to be supplied to the concerned companies within three weeks.”

The BMC’s decision comes two days after Maharashtra minister Aditya Thackeray said that the municipal corporation would explore the possibility of global procurement of COVID-19 vaccines to meet the demand.

“Looking at the need for adequate vaccines to ensure that vaccination is swift and efficient, after discussing the issue with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, as guardian minister of Mumbai, we have asked BMC to explore possibilities of global procurement of vaccines,” Thackeray had said on Monday.

Meanwhile, there were 2,116 new coronovirus infections and 66 deaths in Mumbai in the last 24 hours, the city’s Health Department reported on Wednesday. Fresh cases increased the caseload in the city to 6,82,102.

A total of 4,293 people had recovered from the disease at city hospitals on Wednesday, taking the overall recoveries in Mumbai to 6,27,373.

The active caseload of Mumbai now stands at 38,859. With the new deaths, the Covid casualty count in Mumbai has mounted to 14,008.

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