Government may buy 50 million Pfizer Covid vaccine doses by Q3

到第三季度，印度政府或购买5000万支辉瑞新冠疫苗

NEW DELHI: The government and Pfizer are in “high-level” discussions that could see the pharma giant sell 50 million of its Covid vaccine doses in India by the third quarter of this year with the current negotiations pointing to a successful conclusion.

新德里：印度政府和辉瑞正在进行“高层”讨论，预计到今年第三季度，制药巨头辉瑞或向印度出售5000万剂新冠疫苗。目前的谈判表明，交易将达成。

Top government officials are believed to have negotiated availability of these vaccines in a series of meetings with senior Pfizer executives with the main hurdle being the firm’s insistence of indemnity that will shield it from legal action in India. While the nature of an agreement on this contentious issue is not yet clear, senior officials said the issue and other matters will be made clear in due course.

据信，印度高层官员在与辉瑞高管的一系列会议中就疫苗的供应进行了谈判，主要障碍是该公司坚持要求获得保障，以避免在印度受到法律诉讼。虽然在这个有争议的问题上达成协议的性质尚不清楚，但高级官员表示，将在适当时候解释该问题和其他事项。

The vaccines will be available for purchase by government only for its Covid immunisation programme. Pfizer vaccines are fairly expensive but there is a growing demand for expanding the pool of vaccines available for the population in addition to the shots being made in India.

这些疫苗将由政府购买，只用于新冠免疫计划。辉瑞疫苗相当昂贵，除了印度生产的疫苗外，对扩大疫苗储备的需求也在不断增长。

State governments like UP, Maharashtra and others have announced that they are floating global tenders for vaccine makers to sell their shots here. However, there are not too many free stocks available and the results of this exercise need to be seen even as officials said they will work with states to see what best can be done.

北方邦、马哈拉施特拉邦等邦政府已经宣布，他们正在全球范围内招标疫苗生产商，以便他们在印度销售疫苗。然而，免费库存并不多，尽管官员们表示，他们将与各邦合作，看看最好的办法是什么。

The current surge of the Covid pandemic in India has sharpened the demand for mass vaccinations.

目前印度病例激增，加大了对大规模疫苗接种的需求。

以下是印度时报读者的评论：译者：Jessica.Wu

Bharatiya Mumbai

Pfizer requested permission in dec 2020. Our gvt was in endgame of covid and denied.

辉瑞于2020年12月申请批准，但印度政府拒绝了。

AN Subramanian

don't publish 'may' do this/that type of news

这类新闻不要用“或/可能”这种字眼

modi world

World largest vaccine maker India to buy US vaccines? What the hell going on here?

世界最大的疫苗制造商印度将购买美国疫苗?

这到底是怎么回事?

Vj

They should have taken this decision in December January. Everything is being done too late.

太晚了，他们应该在12月至1月期间做这个决定。

AditiNometrics

The Situation is so sad for India. India has 60% of vaccine capacity of the world. Yet, mismanagement by this government is so grand that we are begging and importing vaccines now vs exporting.

印度的形势很糟糕。印度的疫苗产能占全世界60%。然而，这届印度政府管理不善，以至于我们现在要求别人卖疫苗给我们，现在要进口疫苗，以前是出口疫苗。

Prateek Singh

There are a lot of people who can afford costly vaccines and want them. Why didn't the government give permission to them anyway to sell their vaccines in india?

有很多人能负担得起昂贵的疫苗并想要接种。为什么政府不允许他们在印度销售疫苗?

Asok Datta

Pfizer had been waiting for permission to market its vaccine in India since December,2020- and it was denied by this Feku government. But now this same government is begging for Pfizer vaccine after explosion of the second wave-a pity

自2020年12月以来，辉瑞一直在等待获准在印度出售疫苗，被莫迪政府拒绝了。现在，在第二波疫情爆发后，莫迪政府却在求辉瑞卖疫苗给我们

Madan Mohan

Fact is Pfizers Vaccine need very stringent storage and needs exceptional SCM. which state is capable of meeting those standards ,it is not easy like collecting Vasool ,Hafta and cut

事实是辉瑞疫苗需要非常严格的储存和特殊的供应链管理。哪个邦能达到这些标准？

lasomani

What happened to the aid our Sister Kamala had promised earlier this month, on behalf POTUS Biden who had signed the Spirit of Quad along with Modi whereby each was to help the other in the fight against Coronavirus ?

本月早些时候，卡玛拉代表美国总统拜登承诺援助印度，进展如何？

拜登与莫迪签署了“四方精神”协议，双方将帮助对方抗击疫情。

Ramesh Kumar

Pfizer vaccine has caused most deaths globally.

辉瑞疫苗造成的死亡人数是全球最多的。

Fernandes Sel

not true at all

根本不是

Manan

Q3 would be too late, by that time most of the urban population would have been vaccinated and rural population would not afford the vaccine cost.

第三季度太迟了，到那时大多数城市人口已经接种疫苗了，而农村人口负担不起疫苗接种的费用。

Manohar Sharma

Pfizer Vaccine is the best considered all over the World.

辉瑞疫苗是全世界公认的最好的疫苗。

Rick Alen

BTW - why does world largest manufacturer of vaccines need to buy foreign expensive vaccines.

为什么世界上最大的疫苗制造国需要购买昂贵的国外疫苗？

Devils Own

And the joke this same government didn't give approval in February for this vaccin

印度政府在二月份没有批准辉瑞疫苗，真是笑话

gchalpatirao

Pfizer is the Worlds Best Vaccine ever made. Highly Effective and shows best results. Now available for 12 years kids also.!

辉瑞疫苗是全世界最好的，有效性高，效果最好。现在12岁的孩子也可以接种!

Neo The One

Dont give any vaccines to opposition states…let the piigss there die of Covid…swachh bharat

不要给反对党执 政的邦任何疫苗，让那里的猪死于新冠

Avishek Mukherjee

Good that we are discussing about getting Pfizer vaccine but it has no proven clinical trial against the Indian varient..

很好，我们正在讨论购买辉瑞疫苗，但它还没有针对印度变种进行临床试验啊。

Surajit

Pfizer vaccines need to be stored at -70 degree for which infra isnt available in India.

辉瑞疫苗需要在零下70度的环境下储存，印度没有这种设施。

Parthasarathi DasGupta

Our Covaxn is very safe though the efficacy rate may not be that high like Pfizer vaccine.

印度本土的Covaxn疫苗是非常安全的，尽管有效性可能没有辉瑞疫苗那么高。