Jagan urges Bharat Biotech to transfer vaccine technology and urges PM

Prime Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to instruct Bharat Biotech to transfer the technology to companies interested in and able to manufacture the vaccine.

Mr Jagan wrote two letters to Mr Modi on Tuesday setting out the COVID situation and the state’s requirements. While listing the state’s requirements in one letter, the other proposed a solution to the gap between supply and demand for the vaccine.

“In view of the fact that the production of COVAXIN® is to be accelerated, we ask you to instruct Bharat Biotech to carry out a technology transfer for the production of COVAXIN® and ICMR-NIV in order to make the virus strain available to all who are interested in and in are able to manufacture the vaccine, “he said in the letter.

Anyone who could make or were interested in making the vaccine should be encouraged to do so in the greater public interest. During this test period, the entire production capacity should be mobilized and used, he said.

It was necessary to look into the possibility of involving all of these manufacturing companies and giving them the technology, intellectual property rights, etc. to deliver the vaccine as quickly and affordably as possible. This would ensure that intellectual property rights / patents etc, if any, are not an obstacle, said the Chief Minister.

“I therefore ask for your consideration and your intervention in the above proposals. If these are implemented, you can greatly encourage manufacturers and accelerate the supply of vaccines to the population,” said Jagan.

Oxygen supply

In another letter, Jagan said Andhra Pradesh gets 35 tons of oxygen from St. Gobain, Chennai, and 25 tons of oxygen from INOX, Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu). This had to be maintained, otherwise the hospitals would face serious crises. He called on the prime minister to increase the liquid medical oxygen allotment to 910 tons in light of growing demand and to allocate 20 LMO tankers to ensure all hospitals are oxygenated to meet current patient oxygen loads, he said .

The average number of cases per day for the past seven days was 20,300, and on Tuesday the state had 1.86,695 active cases. “We have taken all necessary steps to prevent further infections and to provide quality treatment, care and support,” added Jagan.

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