The Centre said it is leading the fight against the COVID19 pandemic in collaboration with the States and UT through a "Whole of Government" approach, which forms an integral component of the five point strategy of containment and management of the pandemic including Test, Track, Treat and COVID Appropriate Behaviour.
As part of it, implementation of the Liberalised and Accelerated Phase 3 Strategy of Covid-19 Vaccination has started from 1st May 2021 and registration for the new eligible 18+ population groups has commenced since 28th April. Potential beneficiaries can either register directly on the CoWIN portal (cowin.gov.in) or through the AarogyaSetu app.
The Government of India has so far provided more than 17.49 crore vaccine doses (17,49,57,770) to States/UTs Free of Cost. Of this, the total consumption including wastages is 16,65,49,583 doses (as per data available at 8 am today).
More than 84 lakh COVID Vaccine doses (84,08,187) are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. States with negative balance are showing more consumption (including wastage) than vaccine supplied as they have not reconciled the vaccine they have supplied to Armed Forces.
Furthermore, more than 53 lakh (53,25,000) vaccine doses will be received in addition by the States/UTs within the next 3 days, said the centre in a statement on Saturday. However, the gap remains huge as Karnataka will have a stock of 5 lakh doses while the requirement is for 5 crore doses.
