Lok Sabha Question No. 706 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Launch of COVID Vaccine
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: P. Velusamy, E. T. Mohammed Basheer, K. Shanmuga Sundaram, Ajay (Teni) Misra, Behanan Benny, Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 706 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH February, 2021

## LAUNCH OF COVID VACC INE

706. SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER:

SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.:

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISRA TENI:

SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to make available COVID - 19 vaccines across the country in a phased manner, if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise long with the schedule and priority for immunization programme and the per day target set for the said immunization;
- (b) whether the Government has sufficient doses for immunizationprogramme, if so, the details thereof and the time by which vaccine is likely to be made available throughout the country; and
- (c) whether the existing cold storage facility is sufficient to store anti - COVID vaccine, if so, the details thereof and if not, the other steps taken by the Government to store additional vaccine?

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

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): The COVID - 19 vaccination has been rolled out in the country from 16 th January 2021 in a  phased  manner  starting  with  prioritised  groups  of  Health  Care  Workers  and  Front Workers. The roll - out of COVID - 19 vaccine is being done simultaneously across all States and UTs. TheState/UT - wise supply of COVID - 19 vaccines is Annex ed.
- (b): Yes, the Government has sufficient doses of COVID - 19  vaccine  available  for  the  on -going phase of COVID - 19 vaccination throughout the country.
- (c): The existing cold storage facilities under Universal Immunization Programme has b further  stren gthened  and  is  being  used  for  storing  COVID - 19  vaccine.  The  available  storage space is sufficient to store COVID - 19 vaccines already supplied to States/UTs.

State/UT- wisesupply of COVID - 19 vaccine as on 1 st Feb 2021

| S.No.   | State/UT                  | COVID -19 vaccineSupplied   |
|---------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman and NikobarIsland | 12,500                      |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            | 10, 49,820                  |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 62,000                      |
| 4       | Assam                     | 6, 08,160                   |
| 5       | Bihar                     | 11, 41,620                  |
| 6       | Chandigarh                | 48,350                      |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh              | 6, 25,760                   |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli    | 9,500                       |
| 9       | Daman and Diu             | 4,000                       |
| 10      | Delhi                     | 7, 13,400                   |
| 11      | Goa                       | 41,500                      |
| 12      | Gujarat                   | 11, 33,400                  |
| 13      | Haryana                   | 6, 18,860                   |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh          | 1, 80,500                   |
| 15      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 2, 68,000                   |
| 16      | Jharkhand                 | 3, 71,760                   |
| 17      | Karnataka                 | 17, 18,240                  |
| 18      | Kerala                    | 8, 31,760                   |
| 19      | Ladakh                    | 21,000                      |
| 20      | Lakshadweep               | 2,500                       |
| 21      | Madhya Pradesh            | 10, 87,900                  |
| 22      | Maharashtra               | 19, 72,400                  |
| 23      | Manipur                   | 1, 02,000                   |
| 24      | Meghalaya                 | 69,000                      |
| 25      | Mizoram                   | 35,000                      |
| 26      | Nagaland                  | 49,500                      |
| 27      | Odisha                    | 9, 12,260                   |
| 28      | Puducherry                | 31,000                      |
| 29      | Punjab                    | 4, 38,260                   |
| 30      | Rajasthan                 | 12, 66,000                  |
| 31      | Sikkim                    | 26,500                      |
| 32      | Tamil Nadu                | 12, 34,920                  |
| 33      | Telangana                 | 8, 85,460                   |
| 34      | Tripura                   | 1, 03,000                   |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh             | 21, 32,280                  |
| 36      | Uttrakhand                | 2, 05,500                   |
| 37      | West Bengal               | 15, 00, 960                 |
| Total   | Total                     | 2,1 5, 14,570               |