
State running out of vaccine stock
The Hindu
Next stock from Centre due only on July 29
The State’s COVID-19 vaccine stock is at a near-zero situation and many districts have already run out of stock Having distributed a record 4.88 lakh doses on Saturday and 1.87 lakh doses on Monday, the State is just scraping at the bottom, with vaccinations all but cancelled in districts such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, and Kozhikode. According to the Centre’s vaccine despatch schedule, Kerala’s next stock is due only on July 29.
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