RTI reveals 44.78 lakh vaccine doses wasted in India till 11 April

April 20: In a startling revelation in response to an Right to Information (RTI) query, it came tothe forefront that till 11 April, 2021, a total of 44.78 lakh doses of vaccines were wasted in India. Amid vaccine shortage in India, the RTI filed by one Vivek Pandey revealed such huge wastage of the Covid vaccine in the country. The RTI shows that the state and union territories of Kerala, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Goa, Daman and Diu, Andaman & Nicobar Island and Lakshadweep have shown zero vaccine wastage.

Tamil Nadu topped the list with the highest wastage at 12.10%, followed by Haryana (9.74%), Punjab (8.12%), Manipur (7.8%), and Telangana (7.55%). More than 44 lakh vaccine doses were squandered out of 10 crore doses used by states till April 11, as disclosed by the RTI reply. It needs mention here that vaccine wastage during the 1st phase was also reported from Silchar in Assam.