COVID-19
India May Not Have Enough Doses To Meet Its COVID Vaccination Targets, Data Show
Shreya Raman, Kriti Kapur
April 12, 2021
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
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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
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On April 13, Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine was approved for emergency use in India
But there is no clear picture on its timeline for rollout
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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
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This is happening at a time when India has been reporting an average rate of 100,000 COVID-19 cases and 725 deaths/day, over the last week