The federal cabinet has approved the procurement of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine by relaxing the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules.

There will be no need to fulfil the tender requirement to procure the vaccine, which will be procured from any of the six companies registered with the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS).

A participant of the meeting, who did not want to be named, told Dawn that the cabinet gave the go-ahead for purchasing the vaccine from any of the six companies registered with the NHS ministry on a single-bid basis on humanitarian grounds. It was also decided to rectify some controversial conditions in the final minutes of the meeting.

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