Insufficient supply of Covaxin disappoints citizens

Aurangabad, June 22

Insufficient supply of Covaxin compared to Covishield has left people in the distict disappointed.

The vaccination drive, which began in January, has seen 6.71 lakh people getting vaccinated. They include 5.28 lakh recipients of first dose and 1.42 lakh of second dose.

There is a great demand for Covaxin. Citizens, who were lucky to get the first dose of Covaxin are now impatiently waiting for the second dose. The AMC has stopped giving the second dose as there is a severe shortage of this vaccine.

According to nodal officer (vaccination) Dr Mahesh Ladda, citizens should take whichever vaccine is available on priority. Both the vaccines are 70-80 percent effective, so people should not insist on one specific vaccine, he advised.

It may be noted that Covishield vaccine is supplied on a large scale in the district. Till today, more than 7 lakh doses of this vaccine have been administered. Of which, 6.32 lakh are first and second doses of Covishield, while 59,850 doses of Covaxin were given in the past six months.

Vaccination status

Age group Covishield Covaxin

First dose/Second dose First dose/Second dose

Health Care Workers 37,715/ 19,177 3,661/ 2,693

Frontline Workers 68,785/ 22,574 4773/4137

18 to 44 years30,422/170 5,880/1732

45 to 59 years2,07,537/40,640 3,768/4456

Above 60 years1,53,135/42485 5,051/2,538