JAIPUR: Despite the fear of a third wave striking in the near future, the Centre has once again failed to meet the state's demand for Covid-19 vaccines for August and actually reduced supply both in comparison to the previous month as well as its need for the ongoing month.
While the state received around 65 lakh vaccine doses in July, it has only been allocated 53,07,780 doses for August, with Covishield accounting for 46,39,640 and Covaxin 6,68,140. But the state needs over 80 lakh this month.
Health department officials said that since the state has only been allocated 53 lakh for August against a requirement of 80 lakh, there will be a huge shortage.
Officials said that they would request the Centre to increase the allocation as the third wave may emerge in the coming months and it was important to provide protection for people.
Covid vaccination centres across the state have been witnessing long queues of beneficiaries. According to the Centre’s estimate, the state has 5.14 crore beneficiaries for vaccination. Out of these, over 2.5 crore have already received the first dose. So far, 77 lakh have received both the doses.
The number of vaccines supplied by the Centre to the state is 2,95,38,620 till date and the state has procured 30,53,720 doses. On Monday, the state received 1,83,000 doses of Covaxin.
