Chennai: Tamilnadu has raised concern over vaccine availability as the current stock will get over in the next two days.
If the stock is not replenished before that, the State would temporarily stop vaccination process.
Speaking to the media, Health Minister M Subramanian said, ‘The State has only 5 lakh vaccines left, and this will be exhausted in the next two days.’
Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said, ‘the vaccine stock in Tamilnadu will last only until Tuesday, after which the state government is expected to receive its vaccine consignment only by 6 June.’
He indicated that once the existing stock of vaccines gets over, the State can resume its vaccination only after it receives its next consignment of doses, which is scheduled to arrive from Bharat Biotech by 6 June and from the Serum Institute of India by 9 June.
Also, the Tamilnadu government on Monday informed the Madras High Court that its Covid-19 vaccine stocks would last only for two more days.
It has so far vaccinated only 87.7 lakh people, including 75.73 lakh in the age group of 45 and above and 11.97 lakh aged 18 to 44.