Covaxin dispatched to various states like Gujarat, Assam: Bharat Biotech
New
Delhi,
May
14:
Bharat
Biotech
on
Friday
said
it
has
dispatched
COVID
vaccine
Covaxin
to
various
states
like
Gujarat,
Assam,
Tamil
Nadu,
Karnataka
and
Odisha.
The
Hyderabad-based
vaccine
major,
which
has
come
under
fire
from
the
Delhi
government
over
supply-related
issues,
said
it
has
also
dispatched
Covaxin
lots
to
Kerala
and
Uttarakhand.
"Covaxin goes to Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru & Bhuvneshwar. thank all our employees @ BHarat bio who worked thru the holy month of Ramzan..." Bharat Biotech Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director Suchitra Ella said in a tweet.
Earlier in a late night tweet on Thursday, she tweeted informing supply of the much in demand vaccine to Kerala and Uttarakhand.
"Covaxin sent to Kerala & Uttarakhand. Thanq for the concern, many offered to help. Our work is highly stringent, realtime & technical,no work from home! All Our employees will be taken care of, won''t deter us from our mission! Let''s be thankful,helpful & hopeful always," she tweeted.
Ella however did not provide details on the quantum of supplies.
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On May 12, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that Bharat Biotech has informed the state government that it cannot provide ''additional'' Covaxin doses to the national capital.
Responding to the criticism, Ella in a tweet said that It was quite disheartening to listen to some states complaining about the company''s intentions regarding supply of Covaxin.
She said that the company had already dispatched Covaxin lots to 18 states on May 10.