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New Delhi : Government of India has so far provided more than 15 crore vaccine doses (15,65,26,140) to States/UTs Free of Cost. Of this, the total consumption including wastages is 14,64,78,983 doses. More than 1 crore doses (1,00,47,157) are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. More than 80 lakh (86,40,000) doses will be received in addition by the States/UTs in the next 3 days.
Vaccination is a crucial pillar of the five point strategy of Government of India to fight the pandemic, which includes Test, Track, Treat, and Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB), and equally important containment and management measures. India launched the world’s largest Vaccination Drive on January 16, 2021.
A Liberalised and Accelerated Phase 3 Strategy of Covid-19 Vaccination will be implemented from May 1, 2021. In its Phase-III, the National Vaccine Strategy aims at liberalised vaccine pricing and scaling up of vaccine coverage. Procurement, eligibility, and administration of vaccine have been made flexible as part of the Liberalised vaccination Strategy.
Recently some media reports, quoting some government officials from Maharashtra, have pointed out that the vaccine 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 April 27, 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, according to a PIB release.