10% COVID-19 vaccines will be wasted, says Centre; to cost Rs 1,320 crore more
Initial 30 crore vaccinations (60 crore doses) planned by the Centre would have cost Rs 13,200 crore. However, need for 66 crore doses raises the cost by Rs 1320 crore
The Centre plans to launch what PM Modi described as the world s biggest vaccination programme in the next one-two weeks
At least 10 per cent of Covid-19 vaccines procured by the Centre may face programmatic wastage , according to the vaccination plan guidelines released by the Ministry of Health and Family Affairs Ministry. This means nearly 10 in every 100 vaccines the Centre will buy from approved vaccine makers such as Serum Institute & Bharat Biotech may suffer damage in different phases of vaccine management. Also, the Centre will have to order 110 vaccines to vaccinate 50 people, considering a two-dose regime and 10 per cent wastage . The wastage of vaccines, despite limited stock available initially, is bound to hamper vaccina