With states complaining of vaccine scarcity, the Centre on Tuesday launched information to say multiple crore doses, to be administered to precedence teams, have been obtainable with states and 86 lakh extra can be distributed over the following three days.
According to official information launched by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, of the 1,00,47,157 doses nonetheless obtainable with the states, the utmost are with Uttar Pradesh (10.10 lakh doses), Maharashtra (9.23 lakh doses), Bihar (7.50 lakh doses), Gujarat (6.09 lakh doses) and Jharkhand (5.95 lakh doses). These doses are to be administered to frontline employees, healthcare employees and people above the age of 45 years, with 86,40,000 doses to the states within the subsequent three days.
“Recently some media reports quoting some government officials from Maharashtra have pointed out that the vaccines in the State are finished thereby adversely impacting the vaccination drive in the state. It is clarified that the total COVID vaccine doses received by Maharashtra as on 27th April 2021 (at 8 am) are 1,58,62,470. Of this, the total consumption including wastage (0.22%) was 1,49,39,410. Balance of 9,23,060 doses is still available with the state for administration of vaccine doses to the eligible population groups. Furthermore, 3,00,000 doses of COVID vaccine are in the pipeline for delivery in the next three days,” the well being ministry stated.
The information additional exhibits that among the many prime 5 states to which doses might be despatched over the following three days are: Uttar Pradesh (11 lakh), Bihar (7 lakh), Assam (6.5 lakh), Gujarat (5 lakh), and Madhya Pradesh (4.8 lakh).
Over the following three days, 5 states will obtain doses within the vary of 3-3.5 lakh doses: Maharashtra (3 lakh); Tamil Nadu (3 lakh doses); Kerala (3.2 lakh); Punjab (3.5 lakh); and Delhi (3.5 lakh).
