New Delhi: Several states including national capital Delhi, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh have flagged Covid-19 vaccine shortage. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia informed that several government-run vaccination centres in Delhi will be closed on Tuesday because the city has exhausted its Covishield COVID-19 vaccine stock.
While sharing a report on the shortage of vaccines, Sisodia in a Twitter post said, "Vaccines have run out in Delhi again. The central government gives vaccines for a day or two, then we have to keep the vaccine centres closed for several days. Why is our country's vaccine programme faltering even after so many days?"
According to reports, only 36,310 vaccine doses were administered in national capital till 10 pm on Monday.
Notably, the daily inoculation has seen a significant dip since June 21 across the country. Besides Delhi, Odisha, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh have also raised complains over vaccine shortage.
The data available on the CoWIN platform shows that an average of 61.14 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered on daily basis between June 21-27. However, number of daily average vaccine doses dropped to 41.92 lakh doses in the subsequent week of June. It further dipped to 34.32 lakh doses between July 5 to July 11.
India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage crossed landmark milestone of 38 Crore. More than 37.03 lakh Vaccine Doses were administered till Monday evening. The centre plans to inoculate the entire adult population in India by the end of December this year.