vaccine doses (90,31,691) are still available with the states and UTs to be administered. States with negative balance are showing more consumption (including wastage) than vaccine supplied as they have not reconciled the vaccine they have supplied to Armed Forces," the ministry said.The ministry claimed that the Centre has been supporting the nationwide vaccination drive by providing Covid vaccines free of cost to states and UTs.Implementation of the Liberalized and Accelerated phase-3 Strategy of Covid-19 vaccination has started from May 1.
As per this strategy, the ministry said that it has been made clear that every month only 50 per cent of the total Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL) cleared vaccine doses of any manufacturer would be.