Lok Sabha Question No. 605 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Covid Vaccination
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 605 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  DECEMBER 2022

## COVID VACCINATION

## 605. DR DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether it  is  a  fact  that  India  became  the  only  country  after  China  to  administer  over  two billion COVID vaccine doses, if so, the details thereof and the details of challenges faced by the Government to achieve the target;
- (b) The details of the number of persons who have received at least one dose of COVID vaccine vis-à-vis those who have been fully vaccinated, state/UT wise;
- (c) Whether it is a fact that over 100 million doses of vaccines have been wasted due to expiration date and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the quantum of loss to the exchequer on account of such expiration of vaccines and the remedial measures taken in this regard;
- (d) Whether many states/UTs still have a huge stock of balance and unutilized vaccine doses, if so, the details thereof, State/UT wise; and
- (e) Whether the Government is considering to extend the shelf life of COVID-19 vaccines upto 12 months from the date of manufacturing and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) to (e) India has administered more than 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine. As on 5 th Dec 2022, a total of 2.19 billion vaccine doses have been administered across the country. The introduction of COVID-19 vaccines entailed many challenges such as research and development for new covid vaccines,  training  of  more  than  2.64  Lakh  vaccinators  and  4.76  lakh  other  vaccination  team members, optimum utilization of available vaccine, difficult to reach population, need to ensure all  essential  health  services  along  with  scaling  up  of  vaccination  programme,  storage  & decentralized  distribution  of  vaccines  across  29,000  cold  chain  points,  augmenting  cold  chain

capacity,  developing  IT  platform  for  registering  the  beneficiaries  and  vaccine  service  delivery, vaccine  eagerness  and  hesitancy,  surveillance  and  management  of  Adverse  Event  Following Immunization and special vaccination drive to reach out to last mile beneficiaries.

State/UT  wise  details  of  persons  who  have  received  atleast  one  dose  of  Covid-19  vaccine  and those who are fully vaccinated as on 5 th December 2022 is at annexure-1.

No  vaccine  dose  has  been  wasted  due  to  expiration  under  the  National  Covid-19  vaccination programme  in  Government  buffer  stock.  Government  of  India  closely  monitors  COVID-19 vaccine  stocks  in  States/UTs  so  as  to  ensure  their  optimal  utilization  and  minimal  wastage. States/UTs  have  also  been  advised  to  review  program  coverage  &  vaccine  wastage  on  a  daily basis  and  redistribute  the  vaccine  stock  if  required  for  their  optimal  utilization.  To  ensure utilization of the near expiry vaccine, the States/UTs have been supported for intra and inter state transfer, the short expiry vaccines are also replaced by manufacturers.

As on 5 th December 2022, State UT wise Covid vaccines available is at Annexure-2

The  National  Regulator  i.e.  Central  Drugs  Standard  Organization,  prescribed  the  shelf  life  of Covishield  vaccine  as  9  months  and  for  Covaxin  vaccine  as  12  months  from  the  date  of manufacture.

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Annexure-1 December 2022)

## State/UT wise Coverage of 12+ population COVID vaccination (As on 5 th

|   S. No. | State/UT            | 1st dose        | No. 2nd dose    |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|        1 | A &NIslands         | Number 3,47,595 | Number 3,53,209 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh      | 4,47,01,090     | 4,75,71,323     |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 9,59,716        | 8,19,562        |
|        4 | Assam               | 2,48,09,508     | 2,21,19,986     |
|        5 | Bihar               | 7,34,46,532     | 6,78,50,198     |
|        6 | Chandigarh          | 11,84,856       | 9,85,166        |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh        | 2,12,63,543     | 2,03,16,077     |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 4,62,296        | 3,56,765        |
|        9 | Daman &Diu          | 3,19,938        | 2,80,022        |
|       10 | Delhi               | 1,82,89,827     | 1,57,05,420     |
|       11 | Goa                 | 14,39,793       | 12,95,340       |
|       12 | Gujarat             | 5,43,83,282     | 5,40,01,240     |
|       13 | Haryana             | 2,36,70,699     | 1,98,22,971     |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh    | 66,44,751       | 63,20,120       |
|       15 | Jammu &Kashmir      | 1,13,70,637     | 1,17,65,341     |
|       16 | Jharkhand           | 2,39,24,012     | 1,77,07,298     |
|       17 | Karnataka           | 5,51,51,403     | 5,53,00,032     |
|       18 | Kerala              | 2,91,45,919     | 2,52,56,688     |
|       19 | Ladakh              | 2,38,241        | 2,03,818        |
|       20 | Lakshadweep         | 61,807          | 60,495          |
|       21 | Madhya Pradesh      | 6,07,43,915     | 5,91,99,573     |
|       22 | Maharashtra         | 9,16,35,278     | 7,65,32,509     |
|       23 | Manipur             | 16,48,510       | 13,36,894       |
|       24 | Meghalaya           | 14,46,283       | 10,86,780       |
|       25 | Mizoram             | 8,94,118        | 7,49,285        |
|       26 | Nagaland            | 9,23,486        | 7,44,184        |
|       27 | Odisha              | 3,52,49,783     | 3,30,00,275     |
|       28 | Puducherry          | 9,94,239        | 8,66,004        |
|       29 | Punjab              | 2,41,50,879     | 2,09,67,466     |
|       30 | Rajasthan           | 5,70,09,788     | 5,08,65,611     |
|       31 | Sikkim              | 5,91,874        | 5,54,652        |
|       32 | Tamil Nadu          | 6,11,92,408     | 5,71,50,785     |
|       33 | Telangana           | 3,24,35,839     | 3,15,27,765     |
|       34 | Tripura             | 29,16,299       | 25,21,104       |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh       | 17,69,49,249    | 16,87,86,037    |
|       36 | Uttarakhand         | 91,14,410       | 87,20,967       |
|       37 | West Bengal         | 7,35,19,484     | 6,66,87,010     |

Annexure -2 State/UT Wise available Vaccine doses as on 5 th December 2022

|   Sl. No. | State/UTs/GMSDs        | Covishield   | Covaxin   |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------|-----------|
|         1 | A&N Islands            | 600          | -         |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh         | 61,160       | 32,250    |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh      | 17,860       | 19,640    |
|         4 | Assam                  | 2,960        | 2,78,530  |
|         5 | Bihar                  | 22,800       | 2,81,630  |
|         6 | Chandigarh             | 510          | 5,000     |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh           | 19,590       | 4,21,140  |
|         8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | -            | -         |
|         9 | Daman and Diu          | -            | -         |
|        10 | Delhi                  | 8,370        | 2,770     |
|        11 | Goa                    | -            | -         |
|        12 | Gujarat                | 1,04,100     | 52,130    |
|        13 | Haryana                | 4,610        | 1,43,600  |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh       | 50,940       | 31,680    |
|        15 | Jammu and Kashmir      | 29,000       | 3,500     |
|        16 | Jharkhand              | 890          | 14,29,090 |
|        17 | Karnataka              | 20,460       | 9,87,640  |
|        18 | Kerala                 | 1,430        | 31,820    |
|        19 | Ladakh                 | 1,550        | -         |
|        20 | Lakshadweep            | -            | -         |
|        21 | Madhya Pradesh         | 6,080        | 1,95,120  |
|        22 | Maharashtra            | 32,610       | 18,06,870 |
|        23 | Manipur                | 220          | 3,120     |
|        24 | Meghalaya              | 8,490        | 6,530     |
|        25 | Mizoram                | 2,270        | -         |
|        26 | Nagaland               | 1,920        | 13,760    |
|        27 | Odisha                 | -            | -         |
|        28 | Puducherry             | 8,860        | -         |
|        29 | Punjab                 | 1,200        | 67,370    |
|        30 | Rajasthan              | 34,620       | 12,29,270 |
|        31 | Sikkim                 | 6,910        | -         |
|        32 | Tamil Nadu             | 1,01,250     | 3,32,480  |
|        33 | Telangana              | 1,07,190     | 8,91,340  |
|        34 | Tripura                | 6,550        | 10,060    |
|        35 | Uttar Pradesh          | 86,840       | 2,17,220  |
|        36 | Uttarakhand            | 18,740       | 16,430    |
|        37 | West Bengal            | 16,730       | 2,10,360  |