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Return unused Covid-19 vaccine stock, govt tells private hospitals

Leading facilities in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru have got communication in this regard

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AMRI Hospital is among those to have received an advisory from the West Bengal government to return the unused doses by April 30

Sohini DasIshita Ayan Dutt Mumbai/Kolkata
In the run-up to the universal immunisation drive starting May 1, private hospitals are being told to return the un-used stock of Covid-19 vaccines to the State Government by the end of this month. Many states are learnt to have already issued an advisory to hospitals on this.

The state-level advisory follows a diktat from the Centre. Union Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan, had in a letter dated April 23, directed all state chief secretaries that any un-utilised vaccine stock balance as on April 30 would have to be returned to the cold chain point from where they were issued. The

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