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With solely 3 days’ vaccines left, Pinarayi Vijayan writes to Harsh Vardhan

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With Kerala’s Covid-19 vaccine inventory prone to final solely three days, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday wrote to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, searching for 50 lakh doses of the vaccine for the state.
In his letter, Vijayan stated Kerala has a 45-day motion plan for vaccination, which requires 2 lakh doses per day. So far, the state has obtained 56 lakh doses of the vaccine and 48 lakhs doses have been administered until April 11. As of now, the prevailing inventory would meet the vaccination plan for the following three days, he stated.
Vijayan stated the scarcity of vaccines in Kerala had been delivered to the discover of the Union Health Ministry by the state’s chief secretary in addition to the well being secretary. “However, we are yet to get any additional supply of vaccine,” he wrote.