The federal government on Tuesday dismissed media reviews that claimed that India will miss the end-July goal of administering 50 crore Covid vaccine doses as “ill-informed and misrepresenting” and asserted that over 51.60 crore vaccine doses might be equipped from January to July 31.
The well being ministry issued a press release referring to latest media reviews alleging that the nation will miss the goal of administering half-a-billion (50 crore) doses of the Covid-19 vaccine by July-end, whereas mentioning that the federal government had said in Could that it will make 516 million (51.60 crore) vaccine pictures obtainable by the tip of this month.
“These reviews are ill-informed and have clearly misrepresented the details,” the assertion mentioned.
The figures of 516 million vaccine doses may need been picked up from varied sources which knowledgeable in regards to the possible availability of the vaccine doses from January to July-end, it added.
“The details are {that a} complete of greater than 516 million vaccine doses will certainly be equipped from January 2021 to 31st July, 2021,” the ministry mentioned.
It added that the vaccine doses are equipped to the states in accordance with the advance allocation plan and they’re knowledgeable about it prematurely. The vaccines are equipped to the states in varied schedules all through the month.
“Due to this fact, availability of 516 million doses until finish of a specific month doesn’t imply that each dose equipped until that month goes to be consumed/administered.
“There could be provides in pipeline, which must be obtainable for subsequent few days until the subsequent provides of vaccine doses materialise in a specific state/district/sub-district to maintain vaccination happening,” the assertion mentioned.
A complete of 45.7 crore doses have been equipped to the states and Union territories from January until date and an extra 6.03 crore doses are anticipated to be equipped by July 31. This can quantity to a complete of 51.73 crore doses equipped from January to July 31, it added.
“It must be appreciated that India has crossed the landmark of 440 million (44.19 crore) doses administered, which is the biggest quantity achieved on the earth and has been performed at fairly a brisk tempo too. Out of those, 9.6 crore are instances the place each the doses have been administered,” the assertion mentioned.
A complete of 11.97 crore Covid vaccine doses had been administered in June. For the month of July (as on July 26), a complete of 10.62 crore doses have been administered.
It’s the endeavour of the federal government to supply vaccination to the eligible residents within the shortest doable time in line with the supply of the vaccines, the assertion mentioned.