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Covid vaccine shortage to delay universal vaccination drive in Bengal: Official

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West Bengal government had identified bus conductors, drivers, hawkers and vegetable vendors as "superspreaders", and said focus would be to inoculate them, their family members and close relatives. "We will take stock of the supply and decide upon the future course of action...

At present, we can vaccinate close to three lakh people per day, but have the capacity to augment it to five lakh daily shots," the official added.

The central government on Monday kickstarted the universal vaccination programme to supply states free vaccines for the 18-45 age category.

Till Sunday, around 1.9 crore people had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine in West Bengal, according to official data.

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