Vaccine drive grinds to a halt in Kashmir due to acute shortage

All 10 districts failed to administer doses to the eligible population on Sunday

The COVID-19 vaccination drive has come almost to a naught in the Kashmir valley, with all the 10 districts failing to administer doses to the eligible population on Sunday. However, the Jammu region saw 9,144 doses administered to the eligible population. Jammu & Kashmir’s capital, Srinagar, failed to administer any doses for the fourth consecutive day to any citizens in the age bracket of 18-44, official data suggests. Srinagar recorded a negligible 31 doses on Sunday to those above 45-years-old and has so far been able to administer only 1,97,571 doses of the vaccine. Ironically, the pace of vaccination in Srinagar at 35.52% (above 45-year-old) is far behind than most of the other districts in the Union Territory. J&K’s winter capital Jammu, which was lagging in vaccination a month ago, has been able to inoculate 99.34% its above 45-year-old eligible population. “At least 3,157 doses of vaccine were administered on Sunday in Jammu, which included 3,093 citizens above 45 years old,” officials said.