Over 4.29 cr unutilized Covid vaccine doses available with states, UTs: Centre

September 23, 2021 11:45

More than 4.29 crore unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories to be administered, informed Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

"More than 80.67crore (80,67,26,335) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through the Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category," the ministry said while mentioning that the Central government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.

It said that further, 64 lakh doses (64,00,000) are in the pipeline.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Sensex revisits 74K; Nifty climbs 168 points

State Bank of India, NTPC, Nestle, Sun Pharma, JSW Steel, ITC, Mahindra & Mahindra and HCL Technologies were among the other major gainers.

Date Night For Aditi-Siddharth

The who's who of Bollywood made sure to attend Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Web series, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.

Recipe: Richard Holkar's Murgi Survedar

This recipe has a wonderful royal touch.

SC to share case info with advocates through WhatsApp

The announcement on integration of WhatsApp with its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services was made by the CJI before a nine-judge bench headed by him commenced the hearing on the vexed legal question arising from the...

IPL 2024: Here's what shifted momentum in DC's favour

'Our target was 180, but Rishabh was confident and he single-handedly batted very well in the last 5 overs.'