No scarcity of vaccines inside nation, says govt

Underlining that precedence is accorded to utilisation of doses throughout the nation, the Centre Wednesday denied claims on scarcity of vaccines in states and mentioned that 7.54 crore doses have been distributed in India, in comparison with 5.86 crore supplied to 71 international locations throughout the globe.
“In India, so far, the Centre has provided 7.54 crore doses to states. Even after that if some is saying that the country is not being given priority, the statement (is) baseless,” Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan mentioned.
On Tuesday, Rajya Sabha was knowledgeable that as of March 15, 5.86 crore doses of ‘Made in India’ Covid-19 vaccines have been supplied to 71 international locations as grant by the federal government, in addition to industrial gross sales by producers and as a part of worldwide agreements of producers with COVAX facility.
On Wednesday, Bhushan mentioned worldwide commitments below totally different mechanisms can’t be violated. He mentioned, “There is no shortage of vaccine in the country…. On the question if we are sending mores vaccines to other countries…we have to look at the different mechanisms under which vaccines are sent to other countries.”

During the weekly briefing, the federal government highlighted that India is now administering a mean 13,12,215 doses per day. It mentioned three states are administering greater than 1 lakh doses on daily basis: Rajasthan (1,52,683); Maharashtra (1,38,957); and Gujarat (1,21,406).