Coronavirus | More COVID-19 vaccine vials required than those received: Maharashtra Health Minister

Maharashtra has so far received 9.83 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines — 9.63 lakh vials of Serum Institute of India’s Covishield and 20,000 vials of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin — as against the requirement of 17.50 lakh doses in the first phase of inoculation, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday. He further said that the Centre had asked the State to reduce the number of inoculation centres from 511 to 350.