Pune: A total of 90 doses of Lakh Covid-19 vaccine are currently lying down with the country but there is nothing to worry about because they can be used until mid 2022.
14 Doses of Lakh Covaxin in Kitty State will still be used until April-May next year, declare health officials Maharashtra.
The remaining 76 lakh is a covishield dose and according to their expiration date, they can be used up to 2022.
“The new stock of the covishield dose has a nine-month expiration period and for Covaxin, it is six months,” said a senior official of the State Department of Health.
A senior official from the Ministry of Health Union told Ti that as many as 16 doses of Crore vaccines lay with 28 states and eight union areas and can be used until next year.
“There are no questions to waste stocks because the date of expiration from the stock vaccine is currently available with countries not January but April-May, and even then.
The dose is given, and the stock is recharged cyclic because the covishield must be given with a gap of about three months And Covaxin at intervals for more than a month, “the official said.
The state plans to remove the stock of the Covid vaccine inseparation through the accelerated “Har Ghar Did” program.
Maharashtra will get more than 2.21 doses of vaccine crore in November.
A Healthy Health Officer said, “We are sure to complete the earliest stock through our increased and accelerated vaccination program, which has slightly slowed during the celebration.” The main secretary, health, Dr.
Pradeep Vyas told Ti that the state proactively approached beneficiaries that missed their second dose and those who had not received the first dose under the “Har Ghar Dastak” campaign.
He said the target was to ensure that all qualified populations received at least one dose of Covid vaccine on November 30.
State health officials claim that their purpose for that month is to vaccinate almost 2 Crore recipients not receiving a dose until now.
Nearly 75% of recipients received the first dose and 35% of the second dose in a state so far.
About 5.9 Crore benefits in this country are caused by their second dose.