Kolkata: More than 100 Covid vaccination centers operated by KMC (CVCS) which have been reopened on Monday after the close of three more days will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday after the Civic Health Department on Monday ran out of the Covishield Stock after giving 30,000 doses.
The center can be reopened on Thursday if fresh stock arrives.
“During the vaccination drive Monday, all of our shares were used up.
The queue for the second dose at 102 CVCS and 50 Mega centers grew longer every day.
On Monday night, there were 1.5 lakh the first dose recipient now because it gets the second dose.
On Wednesday , this number will cross 2 lakh because we do not have a stock to give Jab on Tuesday and Wednesday, “said a civilian health department official.
The KMC currently has more than 36,000 covaxin doses, which will last at least three days.
A few weeks ago, the Civic Ministry of Health also faced the Covaxin supply crisis.
But it’s now over.
This is a covishield, which was produced by the Indian Serum Institute in Pune, which has now emerged as a great concern because most residents have given Covishield when they take the first jab.
KMC officials said after the second dose backlog of covishield was removed, civilian bodies would need around 35,000 doses every day to meet demand.
The development came when the researchers claimed that mixing the dose of covaxin and covishield would not reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine.
However, many are skeptical and may not approve vaccine cocktails even if the Ministry of Health Uni issues notifications for that effect.
A health official said skepticism was not mistaken considering that the center suddenly increased the gap between the first and second doses of Covishield from 4-6 weeks in March to 6-8 weeks in April, and then again to 12-16 weeks, May, Claiming that this is the following studies that have been proven for longer between two doses, making vaccines more effectively.
However, the researcher section claims the only reason why the gap increases is to buy time to produce more vaccines for the second dose.
KMC health officials said they hoped to receive a large consignment of Covishield immediately ups and downs the crisis.
While the Civic Agency plans to change the ratio of the first and second dose, which has been very tilted to support the latter to meet the demand for the second dose, the crisis will force the civil body to leave such thoughts and continue to allocate a large number of vaccines to the second dose recipient when new stock arrives .