Full initial procurement amount of 1.65 cr doses of #Covishield & #Covaxin vaccines have been allocated to all States/UTs in proportion of Health Care Workers database.
....Therefore, there is no question of discrimination against any State in allocation of vaccine doses.
This is the initial lot of supply of vaccine doses and would be continuously replenished in the weeks to come.
Therefore, any apprehension being expressed on account of deficient supply is totally baseless and unfounded.
States have been advised to organize vaccination sessions taking into account 10% reserve/wastage doses & average of 100 vaccinations/session/day. Therefore, any undue haste on the parts of States to organize unreasonable numbers of vaccination per site per day is not advised.
The States & UTs have also been advised to increase the number of vaccination session sites that would be operational every day in a progressive manner as the vaccination process stabilizes and moves forward.
We have addressed your queries. Refer to this thread for authenticated and real response on #COVIDVaccination. For more information and updates,
visit mohfw.gov.in (1/21)
The Government of India is geared to launch a vaccine for COVID-19 on the 16th of January 2021. For more information and updates,
visit mohfw.gov.in (2/21)
Is it mandatory to take the vaccine?
#COVIDVaccination is voluntary. However, it is advisable to receive the complete schedule of the vaccine for protecting yourself and others. (3/21)