Bengaluru: In seven of the 30 Karnataka districts, less than 30% of the qualified population have been given at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
Most of these districts are in North Kartnataka, and the authorities say availability, rather than hesitant, is the problem.

Officials said they plan their vaccination sessions with their offer and not capacity.
The vaccines provided from the state government have been fully utilized, he added.

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Haveri Regency is at the bottom of the stack, after covering more than 22% of the population targeted 18 years and above.

The highest inoculation in the state was reported from Bengaluru Urban, which edged to reach 70%.

“The problem is no longer with vaccine doubts, especially in urban areas.
We do not have the remaining vaccines,” said a district official in Davanagere, who has been vaccinated by 29.4% of the eligible population ,

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In fact, after we begin to vaccinate students, it is difficult to supply the dose to the health center where the drive takes place 45 years and above.
“Davangere get a supply of vaccines from Bengaluru through Chitradurga.
While Davanagere has been supplied with a dose of 4.8 lakh so far, this district actually utilizes a dose of 5.1 lakh, by achieving a negative waste.” Dosage 11 covishield.
In each bottle it has been used without providing space for spills.
Health workers have been trained in this regard and there are no bottles opened unless there are sufficient beneficiaries in the place waiting, “said a district official in Davanagere.
The situation is no different from Haveri, which has received almost 3.3 dose of lakh from the country on July 6 but has managed to take advantage of nearly 3.5 lakh doses by utilizing the 11th dose in the bottle.
“There is no waste of vaccines now, unlike the scenario in January, when there is hesitant vaccine.
We are planning a drive based on vaccine supply …
even though our capacity is to vaccinate more than 15,000 people a day, supply is not adequate, “said Dr.
Raghavendra HS, Haveri District Health Officer.
The supply has been tilted, inhibits planning , especially when there is a big request for vaccination, say the Ministry of Health officials.

“The problem has been raised several times and selected representatives have taken it too.
But considering limited supplies, we ensure that vaccination is done only in some centers every day through the token system so as to avoid the crowd, “said an official.
In Yadgir, the effort to change is a comfortable time to cover more recipients.