COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Left For 3 Days, Need 50 Lakh More Doses: Kerala CM

Mumbai: Amid shortages of vaccines, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday requested the Union Health Ministry to provide 50 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the state in a couple of days.

Pinarayi Vijayan wrote that the issue of vaccine shortage has also been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare by the Chief Secretary, as well as Principal Secretary.

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In a letter to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Vijayan said, “So far the State has received 56,84,360 doses of COVID-19 vaccine including 54,40,740 of Covishield and 2,43,620 of Covaxin and we have administered 48,24,505 doses till April 11, 2021. The stock which is left with us is sufficient for conducting vaccination for the next three days only.”

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“This shortage of vaccine has been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare by the Chief Secretary as well as Principal Secretary, Health. We are yet to get any additional supply of COVID-19 vaccines,” it added.

“In this regard, I request you to allow additional 50 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine to our state in the next couple of days, so that our vaccination programme proceeds uninterrupted for successfully controlling the pandemic,” CM wrote in a letter.

Meanwhile, On Monday, the state reported 5,692 COVID-19 cases and 11 related deaths. As per the new restrictions, shops will be shut by 9 pm and hotels are asked to function with only 50% capacity.

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