Several states have said they don’t have enough jabs to begin vaccinating people in the 18-44 age group in Phase 3 of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive that is to kick in from May 1.
Maharashtra
In Mumbai, vaccination for the age group 18-44 will be done at five centres today – Nair Hospital, BKC Jumbo Facility, Cooper Hospital, Seven Hills Hospital and Rajawadi Hospital. At least 20,000 doses of vaccines are available for the age group, a civic body official said.
Delhi
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said: Vaccination for people b/w 18-44 yrs started at only one centre.We’ve received 4.5 lakh vaccines, being distributed in all dists. Large scale vaccination in Delhi will begin from day after. There’s no walk-in now. Only those with appointment & registration have to come
Vaccination for people b/w 18-44 yrs started at only one centre.We’ve received 4.5 lakh vaccines, being distributed in all dists. Large scale vaccination in Delhi will begin from day after. There’s no walk-in now. Only those with appointment & registration have to come: #Delhi CM pic.twitter.com/ckLjlNZLQW
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Earlier the Delhi CM had requested people to not crowd the vaccination centres in the national capital on May 1 as there are no vaccine stocks to start the Phase 3 vaccination on Saturday.
“I request you to not queue up at the centres tomorrow. As soon as the vaccines come, we will make proper announcements. Only then people with appointments can start coming to the centres,” said Kejriwal on Friday.
We’ve requested both companies to make available to us 67 lakh doses each in next 3 months. Delhi govt is ready to make payments for it. People of Delhi will be given free vaccines. We’re making all efforts to see that people of Delhi are vaccinated in the next 3 months:#Delhi CM pic.twitter.com/ys8J2ZAVMz
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He added, “We have not received the vaccines yet, we are in constant touch with the company. We are hopeful that vaccines will reach by tomorrow or the day after. They have assured us. Three lakh doses of Covishield is coming to us first, tomorrow or the day after.”
Uttar Pradesh
Vaccination of people aged 18-44 years has started in Uttar Pradesh. In the initial phase, vaccination is being conducted in only seven districts. These districts are Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Meerut and Bareilly, ie these seven cities are vaccinating people above 18 years.
On this occasion, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself reached the hospital and took stock of the vaccination.
In next 5 days, vaccination will be done in these 85 centres at 7 dists. After this, everyone will be given vaccines in other dists. We have decided to give free vaccines to people between 18-44 years of age. People above 45 years of age are being given free vaccine by GoI: CM
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 1, 2021
Goa
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said the state will start inoculation of those in the 18-44 age group “as and when” vaccine doses are available.
The vaccination drive for the 18 to 44 age group will not commence tomorrow, May 1 as the State is yet to receive the vaccines. The government will inform when the vaccination drive will begin for this age group: Goa CM Pramod Sawant pic.twitter.com/rVkceexNo1
— ANI (@ANI) April 30, 2021
Punjab
The Punjab government indicated that it could not start the vaccination process for the 18+ population from May 1 as the state is facing a shortage of vaccine doses.
#Punjab @capt_amarinder Singh says that due to non-availability of vaccine, phase three of vaccination of 18-45 age group cannot be started as scheduled: Punjab Chief Minister’s Office
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Karnataka
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa also said the state has not been supplied with vaccines and hence vaccination for 18 years and above will only start once the supply comes in.
We have not been supplied with the vaccines till now. Once the vaccines are supplied we will start the vaccination for those above 18 years of age: #Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa pic.twitter.com/Qe2jMNjMFD
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Gujarat
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has clearly said that the Covid-19 vaccination drive for the 18-45 age group in the state will start latest by May 15 instead and not May 1 as ordered by the Centre.
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand on Friday also notified that phase 3 of the vaccination drive will not begin in the state from Saturday. It has said that the process will start after the first week of May.
GoI has allotted around 1,22,000 doses of Covishield & around 42,000 doses of Covaxin to Uttarakhand for vaccination of those between 18-45 yrs. Vaccination drive for 18-45 age group will start after first week of May,after we receive vaccines: Uttarakhand Health Secy Amit Negi pic.twitter.com/yvLhHS0qMN
— ANI (@ANI) April 30, 2021
“Centre has allotted around 1,22,000 doses of Covishield and around 42,000 doses of Covaxin to Uttarakhand for vaccination of those above 45 years. Vaccination drive for 18-45 age group will start after the first week of May after we receive the vaccines,” said Uttarakhand Health Secretary Amit Negi.
Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the vaccination drive for the 18-44 age group would not start on May 1, as the manufacturers failed to supply enough vaccine doses in time.
“On contacting the manufacturers of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines we learnt that they are unable to give us doses for those above 18 years of age on May 1. So the drive covering the young people won’t start on May 1,” Chouhan said, adding, “hopefully we will be getting vaccine doses around May 3”.
India’s vaccines
India has two home-grown vaccines approved and deployed in current vaccination drive and a third one from Russia approved and awaiting delivery.
Last week, the government said its procurement price for both vaccines – Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and the Serum Institute’s Covishield – would remain at ₹ 150 per dose, and that the vaccines it procures will be free for states.
In a recent move, Bharat Biotech has reduced the price for states from ₹ 600 to ₹ 400 per dose while the SII has cut the prices from ₹ 400 to ₹ 300.
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