TheGujaratgovernment will have to spend over Rs 2,000 crore to immunize people between the age of 18 and 45 years.
While the government of India has been funding the vaccination drive of citizens above the age of 45, the will have to pay vaccine manufacturers for doses to inoculate persons between the ages of 18 and 45.
According to government sources, there are about 3.25 crore citizens between the ages of 18 and 45 in Gujarat. With each citizens requiring to be administered two vaccine doses, there is requirement of 6.50 crore doses of the vaccine for this age group.
The state government has placed orders of 2.50 crore doses with two Indian vaccine manufacturers. While an order of two crore doses has been placed with Pune-basedSerum Institute of India, an order of 50 lakh doses of the vaccine manufactured byBharat Biotech, Hyderabad, has also been placed.