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Many states have complained of vaccine shortage, however, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has refuted all the allegations and said that there is no shortage of vaccines in any state.
“There is no shortage of vaccines and the Govt of India gives vaccines to every state. It is the job of states to provide vaccine doses at the vaccination centres in a time bound manner with meticulous planning”, said Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
On the other hand, the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 11 crore. Cumulatively, 11,11,79,578 vaccine doses have been administered through 16,53,488 sessions, according to the provisional report till 7 am.
Eight states — Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala account for 60.16 per cent of the total doses given so far in the country, the ministry said.