State stares at severe vaccine shortage

Barely a week after Chief Minister Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the mass vaccination drive in ward/village secretariats, the State is staring at a severe shortage of vaccines. According to data avai

Barely a week after Chief Minister Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the mass vaccination drive in ward/village secretariats, the State is staring at a severe shortage of vaccines. According to data available, the Covaxin doses were just 1.38 lakh and Covishield at 3.06 lakh as on April 6, leading to fresh concerns about the vaccine availability. While Mr. Jagan had already flagged the concerns of vaccine shortage at a high-level meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister for Health, Family Planning, Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas told reporters that about 2 lakh doses of vaccines would arrive by Saturday and another set of doses would arrive in the coming week.