With nil vaccine wastage, Kerala makes case for more
May 05, 2021
Function of competence and getting hesitancy behind
Efficient administration of the Covid-19 vaccine in Kerala leading to almost nil wastage is a function of the rare competence of health workers in the State as also the public managing to ride over in time the vaccine hesitancy and fear for adverse effects evident in some segments during early days of the campaign.
Stand-in Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday complimented the ‘super-efficient’ health workers in a tweet in which he said that Kerala has received 73,38,806 doses of vaccine so far. It has administered 74,26,164 doses, making use of the extra dose available as wastage factor in each vial.