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Harsh Vardhan: No bias in vaccine allocation

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New Delhi, April 8

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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday dismissed as “farce” the hue and cry by certain states about partisanship by the Centre on the issue of allocation of vaccines. Vardhan said 9.1 crore vaccine doses had been utilised, while 2.4 crore were in stock and 1.9 crore were in the pipeline, indicating there were sufficient doses available for all states.

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Not enough for Maharashtra

Why Maharashtra is getting fewer doses as compared to other states like Gujarat and MP, even as it has the highest number of active cases. —Rajesh Tope, Maha Health Minister

“Hue and cry by certain states about partisanship by the Centre is just a farce. It is an attempt to hide their own incompetence. Maharashtra and Rajasthan are two of the top three states based on allocation of vaccine doses,” Vardhan said in a tweet.

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Union Minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar, responding to bias charges by Maharashtra, alleged that five lakh doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were wasted in Maharashtra due to lack of planning by the state government. — PTI

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