India's vaccines wasted at an average rate of 6.5%
At the current pace of vaccination, India only had enough vaccine stock to last a week from April 8. This could deplete faster considering the rate of wastage
On April 8, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said that India has 24mn vaccine doses in stock and 19mn doses in the pipeline. At the rate of 3.5mn doses per day that India has averaged in April, this could prove to be challenging
India needs to administer 10mn doses/day in order to reduce mortality
Says Epidemiologist Giridhar R Babu. However, 3 months into the vaccination drive and after 10 days of administering 3.5mn doses/day on average, at least 10 states in India have reported a vaccine shortage