Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the wastage figures of Covid vaccines continue to be on the higher side and asked authorities to take steps to tackle this issue. The directive came during a meeting to review the vaccination drive across the country.
During the meeting, officials gave a presentation on various aspects of immunisation exercise and briefed the Prime Minister on the availability of the doses and the roadmap to ramp up supply, said a government statement. He was told about the government’s efforts to help vaccine manufacturers increase production.
The Prime Minister took stock of the vaccination exercise among healthcare workers, frontline workers and the age-groups of 45+ years and 18-44 years. “PM instructed that vaccine wastage numbers are still on the higher side and steps need to be taken to bring them down,” said the statement. The officials also briefed the Prime Minister on steps being taken on the technology front to make the vaccination process more people-friendly.
News Source : The Quint
