Updated:
Share Article
AAA
The State has received 17,18,240 doses of the two vaccines Covishield and Covaxin.
| Photo Credit:
K. MURALI KUMAR Karnataka, which tops the list of States with the highest COVID-19 vaccination cover for healthcare workers so far, has recorded an average vaccine wastage of 6% on a daily basis till now. A total of 3,14,907 healthcare workers have been vaccinated in Karnataka so far.
State health officials said this wastage is far lower than the permissible wastage of 10% for the vaccine. As this is a new vaccine, an open vial policy is not applicable. The Centre has, in its vaccination guidelines issued to States, said that all opened vials should be used within four hours. If not, the opened vials should be discarded after hours or at the end of the session, the guidelines stated.