Sindri: Several beneficiaries had to be turned away from the session sites in Dhanbad owing to shortage of vaccines on Sunday. “The vaccination drive was conducted only at 19 centres on Sunday,” Dhanbad civil surgeon Dr Gopal Das said.
A similar situation was witnessed on Saturday when only 3,481 beneficiaries were given the jab across 28 session sites, a stark contrast to Friday’s figures when nearly 11,281 people received the vaccine dose at 101 inoculation centres.
Dhanbad DC Uma Shankar Singh claimed that Jharkhand is not getting sufficient doses of the vaccine from the Centre and as a result, the district has now run out the vaccine. He, however, said, “The state authorities have arranged for 10,000 doses of the vaccine for Dhanbad from various districts which should reach Dhanbad by today evening.”