Even as fresh stocks are expected this month, state health officials said that they want to finish the existing stocks before demanding more stocks. “We have 66 lakh Covishield doses and 65 lakh Covaxin doses in the state yet to be utilised. We should be able to utilise these doses for the next 15 days,” shared a state public health official.
From October the vaccine allocations have been above 2 crore for the state and even for November there were additional 2 crore doses and the December allocation is expected to be high, stated officials.
The state is striving to complete first dose vaccinations of adult beneficiaries by the end of the month. As of now, the state has completely vaccinated 82 per cent of first dose beneficiaries and 45 per cent second dose beneficiaries.
The Centre had recently announced that there is no shortage in vaccine production and all states will get enough allocation to complete and utilize the vaccine stocks. With fear of stocks expiring, state officials said that the available stocks will not expire until next year.
