320 Doses Of Covaxin 'Missing' From Jaipur Hospital, FIR Filed

New of the missing vaccines is distressing because it comes as the country faces a continuing massive surge in fresh infections - over 1.84 lakh in the previous 24 hours

320 doses of Covaxin - Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine - have been reported missing from a cold-storage facility at a government hospital in Rajasthan's Jaipur. The HB Kanwatia Hospital, which caters primarily to the nearby working-class neighbourhood of Shastri Nagar, said its stock of 200 doses was checked and accounted for on Sunday. The following day - Monday - a shipment of 489 doses was received. However, when stocks were re-checked the hospital found 320 doses were missing. Security guards were posted outside the cold storage unit in which the vaccines were stored.