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Vaccine wastage also happens when vials are exposed to heat or get frozen.
New Delhi: Amid a spike in coronavirus cases across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (March 17) stressed on the need to stop COVID-19 vaccine wastage.
As per the Ministry of Health, average COVID-19 vaccine wastage stands at 6.5 per cent in India with Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh topping the charts.
What entails vaccine wastage?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), vaccine wastage includes any dose discarded, lost, damaged or destroyed.
One of the reasons for COVID-19 vaccination wastage is low turn up and poor planning. After a vial is opened, the healthcare workers have only a few hours to administer them. In case of low turn up of people, the dose gets wasted and has to be thrown away.
The daily case count in several cities in Maharashtra was higher than the total case count of worst affected states like Punjab, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
NEW DELHI: India recorded its highest Covid-19 tally in 102 days on Wednesday with 35,886 patients testing positive for the virus as Maharashtra continued to be the worst affected state, accounting for 64% of the daily count in the country.
Maharashtra added 23,179 fresh cases, the highest in six months since September 17 (24,619 cases). With this, Maharashtra reported a 30% increase in cases compared to Tuesday, taking the total caseload of the state to 23,70,507. From March 1-17, the daily cases in the state have risen four times.
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The first phase of Budget Session concluded on Saturday with the Lok Sabha announcing adjournment of the House till March 8 after day-long proceedings.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla adjourned the House till 4 p.m. on March 8 after the passing of .
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Saturday that 7,688 beneficiaries of the first dose of Covid vaccine turned up to receive their second shot, which comes to just 4 per cent of the beneficiaries who received vaccines .