INDORE: Indore district has run out of Covid-19 vaccines and was forced to cut down the immunization to only four sites on Saturday.
The district was left with only 5,000 doses of vaccine on September 30, when it reported 17,796 inoculations at 176 government sites. The next day, the authorities went all in, and put the 5,000-odd doses in the field. Around 500 doses were still left over, which the administration used on Saturday.
District immunisation in-charge, Dr Tarun Gupta, said, “We will receive around 1 lakh doses on Saturday evening for use on Monday. The next schedule will be planned on the basis of this lot.” Asked about vaccine stocks, Dr Gupta said, “Vaccines are being distributed to districts that are yet to achieve 100% targeted doses. More vaccine doses were diverted to such districts so that they can cover their targets as early as possible.” Only four districts have achieved 100% of the vaccine target – Indore, Bhopal, Agar Malwa and Harda.
