Amid vaccine shortage, Lakshadweep records highest wastage As the nation is battling the deadly second wave of coronavirus with the number of cases rising every day, there is a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in the last few days including the city of Bengaluru. Though the authorities have denied any such shortage, the ground reality is quite the opposite, forcing people, especially those who have taken the first dose to wait for their next dose, to run around hospitals seeking the vaccination in vain. The Union Health Ministry has instructed people across the nation to book their slots for vaccination through the much-celebrated CoWin app, but the app is found to be providing wrong information on the availability of Covaxin in many Bengaluru hospitals. While private hospitals are no longer offering Covaxin, only government hospitals are providing it but the process is not in sync with the registration on the national portal Cowin.