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Karnataka government will not start its vaccination drive for above 18 from May due to shortage of vaccines. Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar informed on Friday said that vaccination of people above 18 years of age, which was supposed to start from May 1, may be delayed as the vaccines have not yet arrived.
“We have made orders to Serum Institute in Pune for over one crore doses but the official news is that they are still not prepared to give it to us from tomorrow as scheduled,” the Minister told reporters. He also asked people who have enrolled themselves on the Cowin portal for inoculation to refrain from going to vaccination centres on May 1.
Dr K Sudhakar further said the government will intimate the eligible people after confirmation from Serum Institute of India about the arrival of vaccines. “We have already paid Rs 400 crore to purchase one crore doses of Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India in Pune,” he said.
