Karnataka government on Wednesday said that it has decided to import vaccines as the shortage of dosages hit the state and the demand went up due to the rise in infectious disease.Karnataka Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar on Wednesday said that the state government will have to purchase vaccines for people between 18-44 years of age group."We have already paid money to the two vaccine manufacturers in the country for three crore doses.
Out of three crore doses, we have received seven lakh," the state's chief secretary told media on Wednesday.He said the government will administer vaccines as and when the stocks arrive."Since we are not getting adequate vaccines because there are just two manufacturers, we are going to issue orders to import.