From 16th January 2021 till date, 183 Crore (app.) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs. Its more than a year since the nationwide COVID 19 vaccination drive started in India. A new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines. The advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs has definitely enabled them to plan, manage and streamline the vaccine supply chain.
In order to accelerate the drive the States and UTs in India will be provided with 75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country and the same shall be provided free of cost. This is a part of the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive.
Nearly 183 crore (1,82,97,24,590) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India’s free of cost channel and through direct state procurement category. More than 17.25 Cr (17,25,37,371) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the states and union territories which are still to be administered.
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