‘Centre’s Data Wrong’: Rajasthan Chief Minister Claims Vaccine Shortage

Jaipur:

The row between the Rajasthan authorities and the centre over sending sufficient COVID-19 vaccines to the state has escalated, with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot claiming the centre gave “fully incorrect” information.

There is no such thing as a scarcity of vaccines in Rajasthan, the centre stated on Tuesday after the state stated it is going to run out of vaccines quickly if the centre doesn’t urgently ship extra provides.

“The Well being Ministry claimed that Rajasthan obtained 37.61 lakh vaccines and until yesterday 24.28 lakh vaccines have been administered. This information is totally incorrect. As of March 8, Rajasthan obtained 31,45,340 vaccines. Of those, 2,15,180 vaccines have been made obtainable to the Military,” Mr Gehlot tweeted in Hindi on Tuesday.

“29,30,160 vaccines have been for frontline employees. As of 8 March, 23,26,975 vaccines have been administered within the state. 1,62,888 vaccines acquired spoiled, which is lower than the ten per cent restrict allowed by the central authorities. Thus, on March 8, solely 4,40,297 vaccines have been obtainable within the state,” the Chief Minister tweeted.

केन्द्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय ने दावा किया है कि राजस्थान को 37.61 लाख कोविड वैक्सीन मिली एवं कल तक 24.28 लाख वैक्सीन ही लगाई गई हैं। यह डाटा पूर्णतः गलत है। 8 मार्च तक राजस्थान को 31,45,340 वैक्सीन प्राप्त हुईं। इनमें से 2,15,180 वैक्सीन सेना को उपलब्ध करवाई गईं हैं।
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— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) March 9, 2021

“Greater than two lakh persons are being vaccinated every day within the state. In such a state of affairs, on March 8, vaccine was obtainable for less than two days of vaccination, so the state authorities demanded to ship extra vaccines from the centre, after which the state obtained 85,000 vaccines on March 9,” Mr Gehlot stated.

“The info launched by the Ministry of Well being for Rajasthan is totally incorrect. I’ll enchantment to Well being Minister Harsh Vardhan to instruct his officers to offer vaccines quickly and never give false details about Rajasthan,” the Chief Minister stated.

The state authorities had requested the centre for extra doses to be despatched because it slowed down the tempo of the vaccination drive with solely those that want their second dose being administered the shot on Tuesday.

“The factual place is that there isn’t any scarcity of COVID-19 vaccine with the state at current. Rajasthan has been provided 37.61 lakh doses and has consumed solely 24.28 lakh doses until yesterday night time. The central authorities is repeatedly monitoring availability of vaccine provide in all states and UTs (union territories), and offering the doses as per their requirement and consumption sample,” the centre stated.