New Delhi: There is no shortage of vaccines and the Indian government has supplied Jab to States and the United States for free to be given to the beneficiaries prioritized as recommended by Negvac, State Minister for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar told Lok Sabha on Friday.
Advanced Visocation of Vaccine Allocation – Total Dosages that will be available for countries and UTS – provided 15 days earlier to allow them to plan vaccination coverage while being aware of the vaccine available, he said in a written reply.
Asked whether the government realized that many inoculation sites were closed because of the unavailability of vaccines there, pawar said, “There is no shortage of vaccines and the Indian government has provided free vaccine supply to the country and UTS for administration to prioritize beneficiaries as recommended by Negvac (group National empowerment on the administration of vaccines against Covid-19) 18 years old and above have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
On July 20, 2021, a total of 32.64 first doses of Crore and 8.55 Crore the second dose had been given throughout the country.
As many as 2.15 Lakh Covid-19 vaccination center has been operating throughout the country, said Pawar.
The Indian government has taken many steps to increase the domestic production capacity of Covid-19 vaccine.
These include support for M / S Bharat Biotech and three public sector companies under the ‘Mission Covid Surakha – Indian Covid Vaccine Development Mission’, Covaxin Production Technology Transfer, Financial Assistance to one of the domestic vaccine manufacturers for ‘risk of manufacturing’, payment In advance the offer order placed with the Institute of Serum M / S India and M / S Bharat Biotech, and streamlining regulatory norms for vaccine approval, the Minister said.