Ranchi: When the enforcement directorant invaded several places in Kolkata in connection with the fake Covid-19 vaccine racquet, the State Health Department official has ruled out the possibility of a fake vaccine circulating in Jharkhand.
The private hospital that manages Jab also confirm that their shares are truly safe because they have bought them directly from the manufacturer.
In particular, the World Health Organization (WHO) in July has warned about the existence of fake covishield doses in parts of Africa and Southeast Asia including India.
Speaking with Toi, Nodal Nodal officers for Vaccination Dr.
Rakesh Dayal said: “There is no possibility of a few fake vaccines in the state when we get all our equipment from the Indian government.
All doses, both from covishield or covaxin, sent to us at Under the strict supervision of Goi.
“Because asked whether the State Health Department had found any use or detection of fake vaccines in Jharkhand, Dr.
Dayal said that there was no such information revealed.
Meanwhile, Toi also contacted several private hospitals managing the covishield vaccine in the city and they said that their shares were verified because they got their consignment directly from the Indian Serum Institute (SII), Pune.
“We have bought one dose of lakh on May 31 from SII directly and we take advantage of the same stock until now so there are no questions about the fake vaccine,” said Anand Srivastava, said an official of Medica Hospital Group, said.