Farhan Akhtar, Sonu Sood question Serum Institute for disparity in prices between Centre, states

Bollywood actors Farhan Akhtar and Sonu Sood on Wednesday questioned why the Serum Institute of India SII was not providing its Covishield vaccine at the same price to the centre and the statesTaking a dig at the worlds largest vaccine manufacturer SII which released the rate card for Covishield vaccines today Bollywood actors Farhan Akhtar and Sonu Sood took to their Twitter handles and questioned the company over the disparity in rates of the vaccine to the centre and the statesFarhan wrote Can a spokesperson for the SerumInstIndia please help us understand why states should not get Covishield at the same price as the centre And if they have issued a statement citing reasons could someone please share a link re the same Thank youCan a spokesperson for the SerumInstIndia please help us understand why states should not get Covishield at the same price as the centre And if they have issued a statement citing reasons could someone please share a link re the same Thank you pictwittercomJ4jnuwBPBymdash Farhan Akhtar FarOutAkhtar April 21 2021Sonu who tested positive for COVID19 a few days back also stressed on providing free vaccinations to those who are needy He tweeted Every needy should get vaccine for free Very important to put a cap on the pricing Corporates and individuals who can afford should come forward to help everyone get vaccinatedDhandha phir kabhi aur kar lenge Do business some other time he addedEvery needy should get vaccine for freeVery important to put a cap on the pricing Corporates and individuals who can afford should come forward to help everyone get vaccinated pictwittercomPrPjGpjcdhmdash sonu sood SonuSood April 21 2021The tweets from the actors came a few hours after the SII announced the rate cards for Covishield vaccines for states and centre ahead of May 1 COVID19 vaccination drive which will make everyone above 18 years of age eligible to get vaccinatedAccording to media statements the institute had fixed the prices of the Covishield vaccine at Rs 400 per dose for state governments and Rs 600 per dose for private hospitalsAs of now SII is selling Covishield to the Centre at Rs 150 per dose Additionally those who are eligible for the vaccine at present can get it at Rs 250 per dose from private hospitalsAccording to the ministry the cumulative number of Covid19 vaccine doses administered in the country has reached 130119310 with 2990197 vaccine doses being given in a span of 24 hours according to data updated at 7 amBollywood stars including Anil Kapoor Neena Gupta Anupam Kher Hema Malini Johnny Lever Saif Ali Khan Kamal Haasan and Satish Shah have received vaccination shotsMeanwhile the second wave of coronavirus has infected many people and the number of COVID19 positive cases has been rapidly risingAn array of celebrities like Govinda Paresh Rawal Akshay Kumar and more have also got infected within a span of a few weeksAccording to the latest reports provided by the state health ministry on Tuesday 58924 new COVID19 cases were reported in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours As many as 52412 people recovered in the said period and 351 died The total case tally reached 3898262 while the death toll reached 60824This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever