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At an all-India review of the vaccination exercise on Monday, the health ministry told the state governments that it had been assured of over 120 million doses and the states could get more supplies than the numbers indicated on May 29.
Accusing the Centre of shifting the onus of vaccination on to states, Priyanka Gandhi said there is now only Prime Minister Modi's photo on the vaccination certificate while the rest of the responsibility has been put on the states.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held the Centre responsible for the vaccine crisis in the country and alleged that vaccines were a means for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "personal publicity" rather than a tool to save people's lives.
This was so from the beginning of the pandemic, the Congress general secretary said in posts on Twitter and Facebook.
In the vaccination review, conducted by health secretary Rajesh Bhushan with all states on Tuesday, the health ministry had red flagged the vaccine wastage in these four states and Jammu and Kashmir. As per ministry data, Jharkhand has 37.3% vaccine wastage, Chhattisgarh (30.2%), Tamil Nadu (15.5%), Jammu and Kashmir (10.8%) and Madhya Pradesh (10.7%).