Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh contest Health Ministry’s charge on Covid-19 vaccine wastage

The governments of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have rejected the Centre's allegation of high Covid-19 vaccine wastage in the states, saying that the data is 'incorrect'.

A day after Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh were pulled up for wasting one-third of the doses of Covid-19 vaccines made available to them, the governments of both the states have rejected the allegations, saying that the data is 'incorrect'. As per total vaccine doses availability with Govt on Jharkhand till today, the current Vaccine Wastage proportion is only 4.65%. Vaccination data could not be fully updated to the central Co-Win Server/ Platform due to technical difficulties/glitches & the updation is in process. https://t.co/w3QXPFnKFR pic.twitter.com/uBFJXCktei #ClarificationThis data is incorrect. We have already written to @MoHFW_INDIA regarding the same.Our team is in touch with @MoHFW_INDIA to resolve the data issues.Attaching here the actual percentage of vaccine wastage and the letter written by us. https://t.co/zCSaoLovL0 pic.twitter.com/vqhKGyxLFX The Union Health Ministry, in a review meeting on the progress of the vaccination drive, had stated that Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand had reported 30.2 per cent vaccine wastage, which is higher than the national average of 6.3 per cent. "Whereas states have been urged repeatedly to keep vaccine wastage below 1 per cent, many states such as Jharkhand (37.3 per cent), Chhattisgarh (30.2 per cent), Tamil Nadu (15.5 per cent), Jammu and Kashmir (10.8 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (10.7 per cent) are reporting much higher wastage than the national average (6.3 per cent)," the Union Health Ministry had said.