No COVID Vaccine In Delhi For 18-44 Age Group, Over 150 Centres Closed: Here's All About India
Vaccination for the 18+ category has been halted in Delhi from today because the state has consumed its allocated share of the vaccine, said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday."Due to this, vaccination centres have been shut.
Only a few vaccines are available at some centres which will be administered today," said Delhi CM.?From Sunday, all vaccination centres for youths in Delhi will be closed as stocks have run out, he said in a press conference. Delhi requires 80 lakh doses a month to vaccinate its youth.But it only received 16 lakh doses in May.?
The Centre has further decreased Delhi's quota in June to 8 lakh doses, Kejriwal said. The national capital needs 2.5 crore doses to vaccinate all adults, he said, urging the Centre to raise the quota and supply to the city.
Delhi
Delhi CM suggested that Centre should buy COVID-19 vaccines from foreign countries within 24 hours and distribute these among states.?
Kejriwal said that the speed of spread of the coronavirus has significantly slowed down in Delhi. In the past 24 hours, around 2,200 cases were reported and the positivity rate is 3.5 per cent, he said.
The chief minister extended four suggestions to the Centre to enhance vaccine availability in the country. The central government should within 24 hours direct all capable companies in the country to start manufacturing Covaxin as Bharat Biotech has agreed to share its formula, he said.?
Maharashtra
Meanwhile, in Maharashtra Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol on Friday informed that vaccination centers in Pune Municipal Corporation will remain shut on May 22 due to shortage of vaccine stock. Mohol took to Twitter saying, "Vaccination will not be done on May 22 at all vaccination centers in Pune Municipal corporation area due to shortage of vaccine stock," (translated from Marathi)."
Karnataka
In Karnataka, after temporarily suspending Covid-19 vaccination for people aged 18 to 44 for over a week, the government on Thursday announced it will resume the process from May 22. ¡°From May 22, vaccination for people in the 18-44 age group will resume. State government-identified frontline workers and priority groups will be vaccinated first,¡± Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar confirmed in a tweet.
Tamil Nadu
In Tamil Nadu, only a day after the vaccination drive against Covid-19 for the 18-44 years age group was launched, youths in several parts of the state are racing to book a slot in the CoWin portal, the official website to register for the jab.?But the vaccination slots in private hospitals remain unavailable. And, the urban primary health centres (UPHCs) are not vaccinating them, citing vaccine shortage.
