Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia mentioned on Monday that if the distribution of vaccines by the central authorities continues on the present tempo, it would take one other 15-16 months to vaccinate Delhi’s grownup inhabitants.
Estimating that Delhi wants 2.94 crore vaccine doses to vaccinate the grownup inhabitants – 92 lakh individuals within the 18-44 age group and 57 lakh individuals over 45 – he mentioned Delhi nonetheless wants to realize that focus on. To attain 2.3 million doses are required.
With the introduction of the centralized vaccine coverage on Monday, Sisodia mentioned that it has been knowledgeable that within the month of July, the Center will distribute 15 lakh doses to Delhi.
“Whether or not the central government-led vaccination campaign is the world’s biggest, it is certainly India’s longest vaccination campaign. And most mismanaged, derailed and messy drives. It has completely failed the entire vaccination drive in the country… When Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Delhi needs 2.94 crore vaccines to vaccinate citizens within three months, we got only 57 lakh vaccines in total. Why have you met? Delhi still needs 2.3 crore doses of vaccines to vaccinate all citizens and if we are going to get only 15 lakh vaccines for next month, it indicates that we need to vaccinate all citizens in Delhi. Around 15-16 months are required for this,” he mentioned.
According to him, the month-to-month break-up of the vaccines Delhi receives is: 7.13 lakh doses for individuals above 45 in January and seven.39 lakh in February. In April, 18.70 lakh doses had been supplied by the Center for these above 45 and 4.5 lakh for the 18-45 bracket had been procured by the Delhi authorities; In May, 9.56 lakh doses had been supplied by the Center for these above 45 and three.67 lakh had been procured by the Delhi authorities for the 18-45 bracket; And in June, 8.21 lakh doses had been supplied by the Center for these above 45 and 46.20 lakh for the 18-45 bracket had been procured by the Delhi authorities.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
