Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta has informed that the Covid vaccine stock in the state will last only 1-2 days. He said the state has around 6.52 lakh vaccines for all age groups. "Our current stock of vaccines will be consumed in a day or two.
We have the capacity of administering 4 lakh doses in a day," the state health minister said.He also refuted the reports suggesting vaccine wastage was high in the state.
Speaking to ANI, the minister said: "It has been said that there's 37 per cent of vaccine wastage in our state with no evidence.
But the wastage is of 4.65 per cent which is lower than that of the other states." Never miss a story! Stay connected and informed with Mint.