Vaccine Tourism? Travel Firm Offers Rs 1.75 Lakh Mumbai-US Tour Package As America Plans To Begin Vaccination Drive From December

The three days and four nights package from Mumbai to New York and then back to Mumbai would cost you Rs 1,74,999 which includes airfare and hotel stay.

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At the time when people are desperate for a Coronavirus vaccine, Mumbai based travel company Gem Tours & Travel has offered a a coronavirus vaccine tourism package to to those who want to be the first in the line to get Covid-19 shots. The three days and four nights package from Mumbai to New York and then back to Mumbai would cost you Rs 1,74,999 which includes airfare and hotel stay. "Be among the first to get Corona Vaccine: As soon as Pfizer Vaccine is officially published to sell America (tentative date 11 December), v r ready to get it done for select few VVIP clients..." the viral WhatsApp message from the company read.

US Plans To Begin Vaccination From December

The travel firm has pitched the package on the back of pharma major Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE's coronavirus vaccine. As per the reports in the US media, the first round of shots are expected to be given to some select Americans from December 13 onwards. Pharma companies Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna's coronavirus vaccines have claimed over 90 per cent effectiveness. The US drugmaker and partner BioNTech SE reported that no safety problems have been witnessed so far in a trial that involved as many as 44,000 participants and that their vaccine can protect people of all age groups and ethnicities. Meanwhile, Oxford-AstraZeneca also tested the vaccine and claimed 70 per cent effectiveness in Phase 3 of testing. Though none of the vaccines have as yet been tested 100 per cent successful, several other breakthroughs are being achieved on daily basis in the market.