Lok Sabha Question No. 759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Covishield and Covaxin
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dayanidhi Maran

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 759 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH February, 2021

## COVISHIELD AND COVAX IN

## 759. SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN:

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

(a) the details of consultation held with experts regarding the usage of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covishield and Bharat Biotech Covaxin vaccines and the basis on which the recipients of these vaccines and the dates f or distribution were decided; and

(b) the details of total number of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covishield and Bharat Biotech Covaxin vaccines distributed to each State/UT?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a): A series  of  consultation  meetings have  beenheld  in  the  National  Expert  Group  on Vaccine  Administration  for  COVID - 19  (NEGVAC)  which  has  been  constituted  under  the chairpersonship  of  member  (Health),  NITI  Aayog  and  Secretary,  Health  and Family  Welfare representation  from  Secretaries  from  Department  of  Biotechnology,  Department  of  Heal Research, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Elect and Information Technology and Director General of Health S ervices, Directors of AIIMS Delhi, Director NARI and representatives from NTAGI, Ministry of Finance and 5 State Government representing all the regions in India.

Inthe 9 th NEGVAC meeting held on 27 th November 2020,after due deliberations it was recomm ended to consider thosevaccines for procurement & usage which are provided regulatory approval. The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approval for two vaccines was granted by the Drug s Controller General of India , the National Regulator and only after tha t he Covishield and Covaxin vaccines were used in the national vaccination programme.

(b): The  details  of  total  numbers  of  Oxford/AstraZeneca  Covishield  and  Bharat  Biote Covaxin vaccines distributed to each State/UT is givenin the Annexure.

Details of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covishield and Bharat Biotech Covaxin vaccines distribute States / UTs (as on 1 st February 2021) :

| S.NO                       | States / UTs               | COVISHIED (Serum Institute Of India)   | COVAXIN (Bharath Biotech)   | Total Quantity Supplied   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1                          | Andaman and Nikobar        | 12,500                                 | -                           | 12,500                    |
| 2                          | Andhra Pradesh             | 885,500                                | 164,320                     | 1,049,820                 |
| 3                          | Arunachal Pradesh          | 62,000                                 | -                           | 62,000                    |
| 4                          | Assam                      | 440,000                                | 168,160                     | 608,160                   |
| 5                          | Bihar                      | 1,004,500                              | 137,120                     | 1,141,620                 |
| 6                          | Chandigarh                 | 48,350                                 | -                           | 48,350                    |
| 7                          | Chhattisgarh               | 588,000                                | 37,760                      | 625,760                   |
| 8                          | Dadra and Nagar Haveli     | 9,500                                  | -                           | 9,500                     |
| 9                          | Daman and Diu              | 4,000                                  | -                           | 4,000                     |
| 10                         | Delhi                      | 543,000                                |                             | 713,400                   |
| 11                         | Goa                        | 41,500                                 | 170,400 -                   | 41,500                    |
| 12                         | Gujarat                    | 983,000                                | 150,400                     | 1,133,400                 |
| 13                         | Haryana                    | 455,500                                | 163,360                     | 618,860                   |
| 14                         | Himachal Pradesh           | 180,500                                | -                           | 180,500                   |
| 15                         | Jammu & Kashmir            | 268,000                                | -                           | 268,000                   |
| 16                         | Jharkhand                  | 334,000                                | 37,760                      | 371,760                   |
| 17                         | Karnataka                  | 1,552,000                              | 166,240                     | 1,718,240                 |
| 18                         | Kerala                     | 794,000                                | 37,760                      | 831,760                   |
| 19                         | Ladakh                     | 21,000                                 | -                           | 21,000                    |
| 20                         | Lakshadweep                | 2,500                                  | -                           | 2,500                     |
| 21                         | Madhya Pradesh             | 937,500                                | 150,400                     | 1,087,900                 |
| 22                         | Maharashtra                | 1,802,000                              | 170,400                     | 1,972,400                 |
| 23                         | Manipur                    | 102,000                                | -                           | 102,000                   |
| 24                         | Meghalaya                  | 69,000                                 | -                           | 69,000                    |
| 25                         | Mizoram                    | 35,000                                 | -                           | 35,000                    |
| 26                         | Nagaland                   | 49,500                                 | -                           | 49,500                    |
| 27                         | Odisha                     | 742,500                                | 169,760                     | 912,260                   |
| 28                         | Puducherry                 | 31,000                                 | -                           | 31,000                    |
| 29 Punjab                  |                            | 400,500                                | 37,760                      | 438,260                   |
| 30                         | Rajasthan                  | 1,094,000                              | 172,000                     | 1,266,000                 |
| 31                         | Sikkim                     | 26,500                                 | -                           | 26,500                    |
| 32                         | Tamil Nadu                 | 1,045,000                              | 189,920                     | 1,234,920                 |
| 33                         | Telangana                  | 712,500                                | 172,960                     | 885,460                   |
| 34                         | Tripura                    | 103,000                                | -                           | 103,000                   |
| 35                         | Uttar Pradesh              | 1,967,000                              | 165,280                     | 2,132,280                 |
| 36                         | Uttarakhand                | 205,500                                | -                           | 205,500                   |
| 37                         | West Bengal                | 1,388,000                              | 112,960                     | 1,500,960                 |
| Total                      |                            | 18,939,850                             |                             |                           |
| distributed for States/UTs | distributed for States/UTs |                                        | 2,574,720                   | 21,514,570                |