Serum Institute of India to provide Covid-19 vaccines through COVAX at $3 a dose | India News,The Indian Express

Serum Institute of India to provide Covid-19 vaccines through COVAX at $3 a dose | India News,The Indian Express

SII to provide Covid-19 vaccines through COVAX at $3 a dose

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has decided to provide $150 million in at-risk funds towards helping the Serum Institute of India rapidly manufacture the Covid-19 vaccines developed by the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca and Novavax. As part of this new agreement, SII will be responsible for delivering up to 100 million doses of the vaccines priced at $3 (around Rs 225) a dose for India and low- and middle-income countries.