India vaccination More than 21.80 crore vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Sunday informed that it has provided more than 21.80 crore vaccine doses to states and union territories.
Implementation of the Liberalized and Accelerated Phase-3 strategy of Covid-19 vaccination has started from May 1.
Under the strategy, every month 50% of the total Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL) cleared vaccine doses of any manufacturer would be procured by the Centre.
It would continue to make these doses available to the state governments totally free of cost as was being done earlier.
"The government of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 21.80 crore vaccine doses (21,80,51,890) to States/UTs," the Centre said in a statement
Of this, the total consumption, calculated based on average up to 22nd May, 2021, including wastages is 19,90,31,577doses (as per data available at 8 AM Sunday).
More than 1.90 crore Covid Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Furthermore, 40,650 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the states/UTs within the next 3 days.
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