Bottlenecks, waste and a resulting decrease in the average number of people receiving Covid shocks. This is what sums up the current status of India’s pandemic vaccination campaign compared to a week ago.
After hitting a peak of 42 lakh (4.2 million) doses administered in a single day on April 2nd, vaccination has dropped to an average of 18 lakh (1.8 million) shots per day for the past week.
In addition, the pace is unlikely to accelerate significantly anytime soon, as the planned addition to vaccine production is still some time away.
Over 300,000 cans were lost
Another problem was vaccine waste.
According to the data available, at least three lakh (300,000) doses have been wasted to date. Among the major states, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Manipur, and Haryana make up the bulk of the waste, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. In contrast, Kerala has given more doses than
In contrast, Kerala has given more than available doses by using the extra doses that are wasted in each vial. Because of the effective vaccination process, Kerala was also recognized by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Kerala has received 73,38,806 doses of vaccine from GoI. We've provided 74,26,164 doses, even making use of the extra dose available as wastage factor in each vial. Our health workers, especially nurses have been super efficient and deserve our wholehearted appreciation!
— Pinarayi Vijayan (@vijayanpinarayi) May 4, 2021
Current pan-Indian pace: 3 years for the 1st, 10 for the 2nd jab
Just over 13 million people have been partially vaccinated since the country’s vaccination program began on January 16, 2021.
At this pace, with these production and delivery capacities, it would take nearly three years to vaccinate the entire eligible population with the first dose, an analysis of the available data suggests.
As of May 4, nearly 5.3 million people over the age of 60 and the same number of people in the 45 to 60 age bracket had received their first dose of the vaccine.
This means that 26 percent between the ages of 45 and 60 and 38 percent of those over 60 have received at least one bump so far.
Given the shortage, giving a second dose to everyone who received the first could be challenging.
Reporting on other members of the priority groups can take months.
For the age group 45 or older, states currently have 94.47 lakh (9.4 million) doses left, the available data shows.
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Haryana have the maximum number of doses in equilibrium.
Currently, only 3.04 million people in the country have received double that dose.
Considering the double dose started 28 days after the vaccination campaign began, it would take about ten years for everyone in the world’s second largest nation to be fully vaccinated at the current rate.
Big differences between states
Data show that the vaccination process was not uniform at the national level.
Only ten states accounted for 67 percent of the doses administered as of May 4, 2021. Maharashtra (10.33%), Rajasthan (8.39%), Gujarat (8.15%), Uttar Pradesh (8.09%) and West Bengal (7.07%) were the five best states that had the population Administer maximum doses.
So far, 6.62 lakh (662,000), or just 0.12 percent of people in the 18 to 44 age group, have received their first dose.
Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Punjab are the only 12 states and union territories that have started vaccinating this age group.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health announced Wednesday that an additional 36 lakh (3.6 million) doses will be received from the states / UTs over the next three days.
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