Stock for only 3 days left, had to shut some vaccination centres: Maharashtra sends SOS to Centre

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Maharashtra has urged the Centre to present extra inventory of Covid vaccine.

As Maharashtra continues to grapple with surging coronavirus circumstances, the state authorities has sounded an alert over the depleting inventory of COVID-19 vaccine within the state. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday stated that he has knowledgeable the Centre in regards to the scenario. The state has  14 lakh doses left which is able to final only three days, Tope advised reporters throughout a press convention in Mumbai. 

He went on to add that authorities had to shut some vaccination centres owing to a scarcity of pictures. 

(*3*) Tope stated. 

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“We accepted the challenge from the Centre to expedite the vaccination drive to six lakh per day. Now, we were vaccinating nearly 5 lakh people in a day,” he stated urging the Centre to rush extra doses to the state on an pressing foundation. 

The minister underlined that’s an pressing want to management the viral an infection by growing the immunity degree of individuals and creating antibodies.

“Most of those infected now are in the age group of 25 to 40 years,” Tope stated. 

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Nearly 82 lakh individuals have been vaccinated thus far in Maharashtra because the roll-out of the inoculation drive. The state recorded over 55,000 coronavirus constructive circumstances on Tuesday, the second-highest spike within the final two days. Capital metropolis Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Pune are some of the worst-affected cities witnessing excessive variety of circumstances every day.

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