Lok Sabha Question No. 178 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Damage to Corona Vaccine in Cold Storage
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Pratima Bhoumik, Bhagwanth Khuba

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 178 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH FEBRUARY , 2021 DAMAGE TO CORONA VAC CINE IN COLD STORAGE

## *178. MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK: SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

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

- (a) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that many dose Corona vaccine have been found frozen and damaged in cold storage;
- (b) if so, the det ails of the vaccine doses damaged, State/UT - wis along with the reasons therefor;
- (c)  the  number  of  Corona  warriors/Health  workers  who  have  received  th Corona Virus Vaccine in the country till date, State/UT - wise; and
- (d)  the  details  of  the  funds utilised/spent  so  far  in  the  first  phase  of  Coro Virus Vaccination Drive, State/ UT - wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a)to ( d)A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEME NT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 178* FOR 12 TH FEBRUARY , 2021

(a) to (d) Yes, the Government is aware that 1000 doses of COVID - 19 vaccine, were found frozen at Silchar Medical College Hospital, Assam on 15 th January 2021.

No  otherspecific  incidence  of  damage  to  vaccine  doses  in  the  col storages  have  been  brought  to  the  notice  of  Ministry  of  Health  &  Fam Welfare so far.

Till  11 th February  2021,  a  total  of  70.17  lakh  Health  Care  Workers (HCWs) and Front Line Workers (FLWs) have been administered COVID - 19 vaccine.  The  State/UT - wise  details  of  HCWs  &  FLWs  vaccinated  is  at Annexure- 1.

Till  8 th February,  a  total  of  INR  960.75  crore  have  been  utilized  f procurement  of  COVID - 19  vaccines.  Further,  INR  480  crore  has  been earmarked as o perational cost for COVID - 19 vaccination drive of which INR 123.49 crore have been disbursed to States/UTs. State/UT - wise details of funds disbursed for COVID - 19 vaccination is at Annexure - 2.

## State/UT wise details of Health Care Workers and Front Line Workers vaccinated with 1 st dose of COVID- 19 vaccine

(As on 11 th February 2021 at 08:00 am)

|   S. No. | State/UT                    | HCWs      | FLWs      | Total Beneficiaries   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 3,413     | 0         | 3,413                 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh              | 2,20,958  | 1,14,310  | 3,35,268              |
|        3 | ArunachalPradesh            | 12,734    | 746       | 13,480                |
|        4 | Assam                       | 1,10,977  | 0         | 1,10,977              |
|        5 | Bihar                       | 3,90,223  | 40,084    | 4,30,307              |
|        6 | Chandigarh                  | 5,898     | 1,005     | 6,903                 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                | 1,96,771  | 20,013    | 2,16,784              |
|        8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 2,076     | 250       | 2,326                 |
|        9 | Daman and Diu               | 818       | 212       | 1,030                 |
|       10 | Delhi                       | 1,11,268  | 35,521    | 1,46,789              |
|       11 | Goa                         | 8,757     | 1,204     | 9,961                 |
|       12 | Gujarat                     | 3,62,530  | 2,52,000  | 6,14,530              |
|       13 | Haryana                     | 1,40,266  | 43,263    | 1,83,529              |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh            | 61,278    | 4,823     | 66,101                |
|       15 | Jammu and Kashmir           | 46,499    | 27,720    | 74,219                |
|       16 | Jharkhand                   | 1,15,244  | 45,248    | 1,60,492              |
|       17 | Karnataka                   | 4,03,769  | 60,716    | 4,64,485              |
|       18 | Kerala                      | 3,26,246  | 0         | 3,26,246              |
|       19 | Ladakh                      | 2,536     | 0         | 2,536                 |
|       20 | Lakshadweep                 | 920       | 0         | 920                   |
|       21 | Madhya Pradesh              | 3,41,992  | 89,710    | 4,31,702              |
|       22 | Maharashtra                 | 5,03,028  | 70,653    | 5,73,681              |
|       23 | Manipur                     | 12,547    | 1,200     | 13,747                |
|       24 | Meghalaya                   | 9,760     | 0         | 9,760                 |
|       25 | Mizoram                     | 11,046    | 0         | 11,046                |
|       26 | Nagaland                    | 4,879     | 2,288     | 7,167                 |
|       27 | Odisha                      | 2,73,647  | 87,976    | 3,61,623              |
|       28 | Puducherry                  | 4,587     | 183       | 4,770                 |
|       29 | Punjab                      | 72,595    | 19,074    | 91,669                |
|       30 | Rajasthan                   | 3,67,044  | 1,92,946  | 5,59,990              |
|       31 | Sikkim                      | 7,422     | 386       | 7,808                 |
|       32 | Tamil Nadu                  | 1,78,869  | 18,523    | 1,97,392              |
|       33 | Telangana                   | 1,93,667  | 64,455    | 2,58,122              |
|       34 | Tripura                     | 38,419    | 14,489    | 52,908                |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh               | 6,37,147  | 36,395    | 6,73,542              |
|       36 | Uttarakhand                 | 75,926    | 14,557    | 90,483                |
|       37 | West Bengal                 | 3,85,883  | 41,159    | 4,27,042              |
|       38 | Miscellaneous               | 63,589    | 10,777    | 74,366                |
|       39 | India                       | 57,05,228 | 13,11,886 | 70,17,114             |

## State/UT- wise funds disbursed for COVID - 19 vaccination

(In crore INR)

| S. No   | State/UT                  |   Cost of Vaccines supplied |   Operational cost |
|---------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                        1.63 |               0.08 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            |                       59.09 |               6.09 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         |                        6.29 |               0.38 |
| 4       | Assam                     |                       23.85 |               2.46 |
| 5       | Bihar                     |                       35.49 |               7.08 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                |                        2.56 |               0.14 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh              |                       24.41 |               4.06 |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli    |                        0.32 |               0.07 |
| 9       | Daman and Diu             |                        0.2  |               0.02 |
| 10      | Delhi                     |                       41.37 |               3.46 |
| 11      | Goa                       |                        2.28 |               0.29 |
| 12      | Gujarat                   |                       53.24 |               6.97 |
| 13      | Haryana                   |                       21.28 |               3.04 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh          |                        7.72 |               1.16 |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir         |                       35.93 |               1.71 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                 |                       19.14 |               2.01 |
| 17      | Karnataka                 |                       59.76 |              10.08 |
| 18      | Kerala                    |                       28.12 |               5.34 |
| 19      | Ladakh                    |                        6.25 |               0.07 |
| 20      | Lakshadweep               |                        0.12 |               0.01 |
| 21      | Madhya Pradesh            |                       41.54 |               6.48 |
| 22      | Maharashtra               |                       93.11 |              11.94 |
| 23      | Manipur                   |                        7.29 |               0.69 |
| 24      | Meghalaya                 |                        4.19 |               0.45 |
| 25      | Mizoram                   |                        2.32 |               0.23 |
| 26      | Nagaland                  |                        4.6  |               0.32 |
| 27      | Odisha                    |                       29.98 |               5.27 |
| 28      | Puducherry                |                        1.71 |               0.21 |
| 29      | Punjab                    |                       30.22 |               2.54 |
| 30      | Rajasthan                 |                       48.84 |               6.42 |
| 31      | Sikkim                    |                        2.08 |               0.14 |
| 32      | Tamil Nadu                |                       48.67 |               6.42 |
| 33      | Telangana                 |                       32.19 |               4.66 |
| 34      | Tripura                   |                        5.63 |               0.73 |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh             |                       80.58 |              13.33 |
| 36      | Uttarakhand               |                       24.41 |               1.42 |
| 37      | West Bengal               |                       74.35 |               7.73 |
|         | Total                     |                      960.75 |             123.49 |