: Delhi has only one day worth of Covaxin supplies, four days of Covishield, says health minister #IndiaNEWS Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday warned that the city was running dangerously

Delhi has only one day worth of Covaxin supplies, four days of Covishield, says health minister #IndiaNEWS
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday warned that the city was running dangerously low on vaccine supplies, a problem that could exacerbate the strong second wave of coronavirus infections in the Capital, NDTV reported. “There is only one day of Covaxin [supplies] left in Delhi and only three to four days of Covishield,??? Jain told reporters. “We need vaccines at the earliest.???Covishield and Covaxin are the two shots that are being used in the country right now. Despite being the world’s biggest producer of vaccines, India now does not have enough for itself and several states have ran out of vaccines in recent weeks. The Narendra Modi-led administration at the Centre has been widely criticised for opening up vaccination for all adults, without a proper supply schedule from manufacturers. States have had to delay the third phase of vaccination as enough supplies are not available to handle the burden of inoculating nearly 60 crore citizens in the 18-44 age group who became eligible to receive the jab from May 1.On May 8, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had appealed to the Centre to provide 2.6 crore more vaccine doses to inoculate the city’s entire population over the next three months. Kejriwal had said that Delhi currently had doses enough...Read more

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