Delhi / Delhi has less than a day's Covishield stock for 18-44 age group: Atishi

Zoom News : May 21, 2021, 01:12 PM
New Delhi: The national capital of India is once again grappling with a severe shortage of coronavirus vaccines as the stock of Covishield vaccines would hardly last another day for adults in the 18-44 age group, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi said on Thursday.

She said that more than 150 vaccination centres will be shut from Friday due to the shortage in doses.

“As far as the 18-44 age group is concerned, till now the total vaccination stock we got is 8,17,690, out of which 7,49,100 have been used till Wednesday evening. So as of today morning, we have 68,590 doses. If we look that on an average for the 18-44 age group we are using 50,000 doses. That is why, stock of even less than a day of Covishield will be left today after vaccination. Our Covaxin stock for the age group of 18-44 has been finished for the last one week; Covishield’s stock is also available for less than a day,” Atishi said.

Furthermore, Delhi has only two days’ stock of Covaxin and nine days’ stock of Covishield left even for the 45 plus age group.

The Aam Aadmi Party MLA said that Delhi was supposed to receive 50,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine for the 45 plus age group on Thursday.

“Today, as of when we are recording the bulletin, 50,000 Covishield doses for this age category, i.e., for the 45 plus age category are on their way; so by this evening, these doses will reach and will be available from tomorrow onwards. So as of now, for 45 plus age group, health care workers, and frontline workers, two days’ worth of stock of Covaxin is available, and 9 days’ stock of Covishield is available. So for nine days, the vaccination for 45 plus can continue,” she said yesterday, according to news agency ANI.

Atishi said that the youth have been affected the most in the prevalent second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, hence it is important to replenish the vaccine stock in Delhi.

“Delhi has so far received 45.44 lakh vaccine doses for healthcare workers, frontline staff and those aged above 45, of which 42.99 lakh have been administered. Fewer doses were administered as dispensaries conduct routine immunisation for children on Wednesdays and Fridays. A total of 68,604 people received vaccine jabs on May 19,” she said.

As many as 48.69 lakh doses have been administered vaccine in Delhi since the drive began on January 16, and 11.01 lakh people have received both the doses.

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