Huge Vaccine Wastage By States Till April 11, Most In Tamil Nadu: RTI

Tuesday, 20 April 2021Newsdesk

As several states report a vaccine shortage, an RTI reply has revealed a huge waste of doses since India began inoculating people against Covid in mid-January. Tamil Nadu reported the highest waste - 12.10 per cent, followed by Haryana (9.74%), Punjab (8.12%), Manipur (7.8%) and Telangana (7.55%).

New Delhi, 20 April 2021

As per news report of NDTV, over 44 lakh doses were wasted, out of 10 crore doses used by states till April 11, revealed the RTI (Right To Information) reply. States that wasted the least are Kerala, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Goa, Daman and Diu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. There was "zero wastage" of doses in these states, the RTI reply said.

Source -NDTV