12 crore vaccine doses for domestic use in June

New Delhi, May 30

With the daily new Covid cases hitting a 46-day low of 1,65,553 on Sunday, the government announced plans to boost vaccine supplies in near future, saying nearly 12 crore doses would be available for domestic use in June.

The government has finalised plans whereby in June 6.09 crore doses of Covid vaccines will be supplied to the states and UTs free of cost for priority groups of health and frontline workers and 45 plus people while over 5.86 crore doses would be available for direct procurement to states, UTs and private hospitals.

“In June, close to 12 crore (11,95,70,000) doses will be available for the national Covid vaccination programme. This is over 1.5 times the stock that was available in May,” the Health Ministry said today.

In May, 7,94,05,200 doses were available to states and UTs. Out of these, 4.03 crore doses were provided free by the Centre to the states and 3.90 crore were made available to states and private hospitals for direct procurement. — TNS