Union overall health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday mentioned state governments and private hospitals would obtain a total of 13.50 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses in July. The total June supplies have been 11.46 doses.
The government began procurement and supplies as per the new vaccine policy on June 21 when it administered 91.74 lakh doses but considering that then supplies have been fluctuating. The highest doses administered considering that then was 65.94 lakh doses on June 26 and the lowest was 12.83 lakh doses administered on July 11. On Tuesday, 37.08 lakh doses have been administered whilst on Wednesday, till late evening total vaccination administered had reached at 32.68 lakh doses.
The overall health minister tweeted that states have been offered an advance intimation about vaccine supplies and they had a clear image of what to anticipate and program accordingly. He blamed the state governments for mismanagement and held them accountable for queues outdoors vaccination centres.
The state governments have been complaining of vaccine shortages and have been shutting down vaccination centres for want of vaccines.
Total vaccination in the nation reached 38.60 crore doses out of which 33.79 crore was Covishield and 4.78 crore was Covaxin.