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The Centre has asked the states and UTs have been asked to arrive at an aggregate demand of private hospitals to ensure equitable distribution of jabs.
The country would need 186 to 188 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate 93-94 crore people aged 18 and above, out of which 51.6 crore doses will be made available by July 31.
New Delhi: The Central government on Saturday (June 26, 2021) submitted an affidavit before the Supreme Court and said that the efforts are on to vaccinate India s entire adult population against COVID-19 by December 31 of this year. In its 375-page affidavit, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that the COVID-19 vaccine procurement policy was changed by the central government following which the states and smaller private hospitals complained of difficulty in getting the jabs.
Jun 27, 2021, 01:03 PM IST
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ന്യൂഡല്ഹി: രാജ്യത്ത് ഇന്ന് റിപ്പോര്ട്ട് ചെയ്തത് 50,040 പുതിയ കോവിഡ് കേസുകള്. 1258 പേര് 24 മണിക്കൂറിനിടയില് കോവിഡ് ബാധിച്ച് മരിച്ചു.
3.02 കോടി പേര്ക്കാണ് രാജ്യത്ത് ഇതുവരെ കോവിഡ് 19 സ്ഥിരീകരിച്ച
Over 31.51 cr COVID-19 vaccines provided to States, UTs ANI | Updated: Jun 27, 2021 12:39 IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The Centre has provided 31,51,43,490 COVID-19 vaccine doses to States/Union Territories so far, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
The number includes vaccine procurement from both the free-of-cost channel and the direct state procurement category.
The Ministry said that more than 1.15 crore (1,15,46,024) balance and unutilised COVID vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. More than 20,48,960 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days, the ministry said.
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