Karnataka ranked fourth in Covid-19 vaccine wastage
Team Udayavani, Mar 18, 2021, 1:36 PM IST
Bengaluru: Karnataka has been featured on the top four states list of vaccine wastage with a 6.9% wastage of Covid-19 vaccines. The state is ranked fourth in the nation.
Wastage rates vary from state to state and among different vaccines. It is said that acceptable rate of vaccine wastage is 10% in routine immunisation programmes
Currently, Karnataka has a stock of 37 lakh doses of both brands of the Covid-19 vaccines and officials have been asked to increase the number of vaccination centres and cover more population.
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