US pharma company Pfizer has refused to send vaccines to Delhi and Punjab but it has hinted that it can supply five crore vaccine doses to India in 2021 if the Centre agrees to its terms and conditions, news agency PTI has reported. According to the report, Pfizer can supply one crore vaccine doses in July, one in August, two crore in September and another one crore in October. As Pfizer refused to supply to individual states, the ministry said it has been coordinating with both Pfizer and Moderna. Pfizer has defended that 14.7 crore doses of vaccines have already been administered worldwide without any "significant reports of adverse effects". "Neither Pfizer Inc nor any of its affiliates globally, including in India, have authorized anyone to import/market/distribute the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine.

Source: Hindustan Times May 26, 2021 08:20 UTC