Jharkhand Health Minister said the state needs around 1.60 crore doses of Covid vaccine. (File)
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Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta today said that the state is short of COVID-19 vaccines and is only left with stock for one to two days.
Mr Gupta said: We have stock for the next one-two days. We have made a request to the Union Home Minister and I am hopeful that he will provide the vaccines. Around 83 lakh people need to get first and second doses of the vaccine. It means we will need around 1.60 crore doses. We are getting it gradually. We do have vaccines available with us but there has been a shortage at some locations. So, we have spoken to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, he added.
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Amid massive surge in COVID-19 cases, several states complain about vaccine shortage ANI | Updated: Apr 08, 2021 17:53 IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Amid a massive spike in COVID-19 cases in India, several states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Jharkhand, are facing coronavirusvaccine shortage.
India is currently witnessing the second wave of COVID-19 and reported more than 1.2 lakh new infections on Wednesday, the highest single-day spike ever since the beginning of the pandemic.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said the state is facing a vaccine shortage and demanded 40 lakh doses every week from the Centre. I have just been informed that the Centre increased COVID-19vaccine doses from seven lakhs to 17 lakhs. Even this is less because we need 40 lakh vaccine doses a week and 17 lakh doses are not enough, Tope added.