Mumbai receives import bids for Sputnik, preps for 60-day vaccination drive

Mumbai estimates to spend 7 billion rupees to buy shots informed municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal.

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2 min read Last Updated : May 19 2021 | 12:53 PM IST

Mumbai’s municipality has received bids to import 10 million Sputnik vaccines and expects more proposals as authorities attempt an ambitious plan to vaccinate every resident of the world’s second-most densely

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Topics : Coronavirus Mumbai Coronavirus Vaccine Serum Institute of India

First Published: May 19 2021 | 12:10 PM IST

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Mumbai receives import bids for Sputnik, preps for 60-day vaccination drive

Mumbai estimates to spend 7 billion rupees to buy shots informed municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal.

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