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Maharashtra, UP, Delhi getting lower vaccine doses than needed: SBI report

Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar and North Eastern States are the states where vaccination wastage is 'quite high', the report said

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4 min read Last Updated : May 07 2021 | 10:32 PM IST

As the country reels under the severe impact of the second wave of Covid, key states such as Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh (UP), Chhattisgarh and the capital city Delhi are getting lower vaccine doses than they require, suggests a latest report by State Bank of India's (SBI's) economic wing, authored by Dr. Soumya Kanti Ghosh, their group chief economic adviser.

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Topics : Coronavirus Vaccine Serum Institute of India Delhi sbi

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