Covid-19 pandemic: Supply issues hit vax offtake, say private hospitals

Amid concerns over slow pace of vaccination in private vaccination centres, private hospitals have flagged shortage of fresh stocks, less demand for paid vaccines and in some cases no allocation by the state as reasons behind poor offtake. While many big hospital chains are sustaining vaccination on the leftover stock from previous orders, smaller hospitals are unable to access vaccines through any channel. 

“We have not received any vaccines from the government or vaccine manufacturers even though we are registered on CoWIN. We do not know why,” said Shuchin Bajaj, founder director, Ujala Cygnus Group of Hospitals. 

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