The Union Health Ministry on Friday issued a clarification and informed that there is no COVID-19 vaccine shortage in Maharashtra as the state has over 24 lakh unutilized doses of Covaxin with them and an additional 6.35 lakh doses of vaccine have been received today.
As per a press release by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW), there have been some media reports alleging that there is shortage of vaccines in Maharashtra due to which the pace of vaccination has slowed down. The ministry have termed this reports as ill-fated and incorrect.
"It is clarified that, as per reports available today, Maharashtra has over 24 lakh unutilized doses of Covaxin available with it and an additional 6.35 lakh doses have been received on Friday" the Ministry said.
The ministry also added that for Covishield, the state has over 1.24 crore of unutilized doses in balance as of yet.
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