New Delhi: Calling the Covid-19 A Vaccination Program “Marathon and not a 100-meter sprint”, The Center said there was a Mammoth logistics and planning involved to ensure crucial jabs were sent to remote parts at the earliest.
“We are doing a marathon and not a 100 meter sprint and everyday analysis of vaccine shipments may not be contextually correctly explain the big picture.
There are very serious efforts in government cooperating with countries about two aspects – one is how to increase production And second is anything that is produced quickly down to the field in remote parts of this country and we can vaccinate.
As a large number of possible people, “Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health.
Comments come after several countries increase worries about inventory and availability of doses.
Responding to criticism about the projections that were different from the availability of vaccines between August and December, the government said this must be seen in the right context.
Member of Niti Aayog, Health, Dr.
V K Paul said the situation was dynamic and the projection was contextual.
“When we provide a projection of 216 crore doses from August-December, based on optimistic aspirational projections provided by our producers.
We think it tends to share it with the state because there is a feeling at that time whether the vaccine is available or not,” said Dr.
Paul.
The lines underline that the average daily vaccination has increased to around 40-50 lakh per day from just 2.5 lakh at first when the program began, the center said the increase was the result of efforts to increase production but also procurement and inventory.
While vaccination against Covid-19 has slowed significantly in May with a daily average of only 19.69 lakh doses, the center applies revised policies for Covid vaccination which takes over procurement and supply of 75% of the vaccine produced locally from 21 June.
Drive vaccine a ‘marathon, not a 100m sprint’: govt
