Jharkhand says vaccine wastage falls to 1.5% from earlier 4.5%Jharkhand on Wednesday said its vaccine wastage figure has dipped to 1.5 per cent from earlier 4.5 per cent on the back of an efficient vac...
09 Jun, 2021, 10.55 PM IST
1% wastage target could be inimical to vaccination drive: ExpertsThe average wastage of Covid vaccines in India is 6.3% against the allowable wastage of 10% that the health ministry fixed in January.
09 Jun, 2021, 10.46 AM IST
Scale up vaccination, cut wastage: Centre to StatesAt an all-India review of the vaccination exercise on Monday, the health ministry told the state governments that it had been assured of ov...
02 Jun, 2021, 08.20 AM IST
Jharkhand government shoots off letter to Centre seeking rectification of vaccine wastage dataThe state sent the letter on Thursday night to set the record right close on the heels of Chief Minister Hemant Soren trashing the centre's...
28 May, 2021, 04.58 PM IST
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, TN, MP contest Centre's vaccine wastage dataIn the vaccination review conducted by health secretary Rajesh Bhushan with all states on Tuesday the health ministry had red flagged the v...
27 May, 2021, 03.46 PM IST
High vaccine wastage in ‘tribal’ states, Tamil Nadu, J&K and MPThe state reported 6% vaccine wastage for Covishield and 10.2% for Covaxin. Haryana additional chief secretary Rajeev Arora said on Tuesday...
27 May, 2021, 01.44 PM IST
States have 17.75 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in stockThis data, health ministry officials said, does not include stocks being held by private hospitals but covers doses for both 18-44 and 45-p...
27 May, 2021, 07.16 AM IST
Samsung importing 1 million syringes for Covid-19 vaccinationThe Low Dead Space (LDS) syringes minimize the amount of drug left in the syringes after an injection, reducing vaccine wastage, and thereb...
26 May, 2021, 02.56 PM IST
Covid vaccine wastage of 1o states higher than national averageThe national average is 3.06%. In the red are 10 states, including the high caseload states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Pu...
16 May, 2021, 08.24 AM IST
Fortnightly allocations: Cut in Covid vaccine quota if states fail to meet 70% second jab target"All wastage more than the national average hereafter is to be adjusted from the subsequent allocations to that state/UT," stated the healt...
12 May, 2021, 06.43 AM IST
Prioritise vaccinating those due for second dose of COVID-19 vaccine: Centre to statesThe urgent need to address a large number of beneficiaries waiting for second dose of vaccine was stressed in a meeting held by Union Healt...
11 May, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
Good to see health workers setting example in reducing vaccine wastage: PM responds to Kerala CMVijayan had on Tuesday pointed out that Kerala received 73,38,806 doses of vaccine from the Centre and provided 74,26,164 doses, even makin...
05 May, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
Only 0.22 per cent COVID-19 vaccine wastage in Maharashtra: CongressThe Congress also said that only 23,547 vaccine doses were left in Maharashtra and asked how can the state plan vaccination of people if it...
04 May, 2021, 11.57 AM IST
Covid vaccine wastage will negatively impact allocation of stocks from Centre’s kitty to states from May 1The measure is intended to encourage better use of vaccinations as the demand will need to be more carefully managed once 50% of vaccine pr...
23 Apr, 2021, 01.31 PM IST
View: States are not facing a shortage of Covid vaccines, but there is a demand-supply mismatchSome states have raised the issue of vaccine shortages. Vaccine manufacturers are facing problems in procuring adjuvants from the US to fur...
16 Apr, 2021, 12.12 AM IST
Centre says COVID vaccine wastage in India is 6.5%, calls for optimal utilisation of shotsThe average COVID-19 vaccine wastage in India is 6.5 per cent, with Telangana and Andhra Pradesh recording 17.6 and 11.6 per cent wastage r...
17 Mar, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
Guidelines issued to states, UTs to ensure no wastage of COVID vaccines: Health secretaryThe government has been urging healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses, not to hesitate to get vaccinated against COVID-19, stress...
28 Jan, 2021, 06.57 PM IST