AHMEDABAD: Bharat Ramani, 38, a resident of Memnagar, went to the urban health centre (UHC) in Bodakdev on Sunday.
“I had got my first shot in the first week of May.
As the government has opened the vaccination for spot registrations, I had come here today to get my second shot.
I was told that there is no Covishield in stock, and only those due for the second shot of Covaxin can get the jabs,” he said.
“Several like me who travelled here on Sunday morning had to go back.
Why can’t there be a better communication on availability?” Ramani was not alone in the despair – it was second consecutive day for Ahmedabad where several vaccination centres either got shut down after a few jabs or had to put in the notices outside the premises to inform citizens that they had run out of the stock.
Analysis of the daily vaccination figures reveals that Sunday’s vaccination was the lowest in at least past 30 days at 20,100.
The launch of mega vaccination drive had seen 42,753 vaccines on June 23.
In a matter of four days, the number got dipped more than 50%.
A medical officer told TOI on condition of anonymity that the issue is persistent for the past one week, but it’s more acute for the past two days.
“The primary chunk currently is from 18-44 years age group.
Earlier, there was a registration system, and the authorities had the fair idea of turnout.
But now due to walk-ins and stress on the mega drive, the demand and supply is not met,” said the medical officer.
Sources close to the development said that Covishield supply is hit badly, and now a large bulk is of the citizens wishing to get the second shot.
The situation got worse at Tagore Hall and at Kameshwar Hall in Naranpura that the city police teams had to be deployed.
Sources at the spot said that the double issue of non-availability of vaccine and breaking of queues by some triggered the ruckus.
The condition was not any different in the eastern city parts.
The vaccine stock had run dry at Arbudanagar and Odhav UHCs.
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