Over 15 million vaccine doses available with states and UTs: Centre

More than 15 million balance and unutilised Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs and over 47 lakh doses are in pipeline and will be received by them within next three days

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
1 min read Last Updated : Jun 25 2021 | 1:18 PM IST

More than 1.50 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs and over 47 lakh doses are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next three days, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

Over 30.54 crore vaccine doses have been provided by the Centre to states and UTs so far through the Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.

Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 29,04,04,264 doses, the ministry said.

"More than 1.50 crore (1,50,28,186) balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered.

"Furthermore, more than 47,00,000 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next 3 days," the ministry said.

The Centre is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.

The new phase of universalisation of COVID-19 vaccination commenced on June 21.

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First Published: Jun 25 2021 | 1:18 PM IST

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