Even as wastage ofCovid-19vaccinedoseshas come down in most states over the last month, it has increased inJharkhand,Chhattisgarhand Madhya Pradesh among major states and UTs, raising concerns over the need to further improve vaccine management.
Wastage of doses in Jharkhand rose to 6.4% as on Wednesday morning, double the 3.1% reported on April 22. Chhattisgarh has a wastage of 7.4%, up from 2.9%. Madhya Pradesh reported wastage of 3.3% of doses against 1.4% till about a month ago, official data of 15 states, that currently have maximum doses of anti-Covid shots available, showed.
Over 1.7 crore doses of Vaccines are still available with states. Of this, 1.4 crore are with 15 states. UP has the largest balance availability with 25.3 lakh doses, followed byTamil NaduandAndhra Pradeshat 13.1 lakh doses each.Gujarat, MP and Bengal have over 10 lakh doses as balance available stocks, the Health ministry data showed.