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Vaccination for 18-44 age group will not begin from 1 May in MP due to shortage, says CM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Thursday said the manufacturers can not supply enough vaccine doses in time, but vaccination of people above 45 will continue.

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Bhopal: The vaccination drive for the 18-44 age group would not start on May 1 in Madhya Pradesh as the manufacturers can not supply enough vaccine doses in time, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday.

The ongoing vaccination of people in the above-45 category will continue, he added.

The Union government earlier this month opened up vaccination for the entire adult population.

“On contacting the manufacturers of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines we learnt that they are unable to give us doses for those above 18 years of age on May 1.

“So the drive covering the young people won’t start on May 1,” Chouhan said in a video message at night.

“Hopefully we will be getting vaccinedoses around May 3. After that we will give the final shape to the drive for the young people,” he added.

“Keep patience and there is no need to panic,” the chief minister added.

The state government has already placed orders with Covishield maker Serum Institute of India and Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech, he said.


Also read: The curious case of MP health minister who went missing for a month amid Covid spike


 

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1 COMMENT

  1. Classic bungling govt of Modi, announce increase in vaccine eligibility but without first ensuring higher manufacturing capacity. Announce GST, and then keep on tweaking the code with more than 2000 changes. Announce demonitization, and then realize ATMs can’t even handle the new notes of 2000 rs. This guy isn’t fit to even run a corner shop.

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