Reports of breakthrough infection with varying degrees of severity and even death have been reported across the country but there is no data available on post-vaccination deaths.
Hesitancy to get inoculated leads to vaccine wastage in Tamil Nadu
May 07, 2021
8.83% of vaccines consumed have gone waste in TN
Tamil Nadu has, so far, consumed 68.47 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines. While this is quite low when compared to other large States, what is more worrying is the fact that 8.83 per cent of the vaccines consumed have gone waste. In other words, as many as 6.04 lakh people could have been vaccinated at least once had there been no wastage.
Only Lakshadweep has a wastage percentage (9.76 per cent) higher than Tamil Nadu, says Union Ministry of Health data. This issue needs immediate attention.
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Up to 6.5 per cent of Covid-19 vaccines was wasted in India until March 17, according to the health ministry data. Over 4.4 million doses more than the population of Tripura were wasted until April 11, according to a recent NDTV report based on Right to Information (RTI) queries. By April 11, states and Union Territories had used 100 million doses, the report said, leading to a wastage rate of 4.4 per cent.
In the initial phase of the vaccination drive, the news of serious adverse events had worried people. With beneficiaries registering and then not turning up for the vaccine, vials were being discarded to avoid transporting them back to the cold chain, said P J Srinivas, joint secretary (south zone) of the Indian Public Health Association, a public health policy organisation. There were also cases of inexperienced vaccinators drawing more than required from vials, leading to wastage, he added.
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