Jharkhand sends letter to union ministry seeking rectification of vaccine wastage data, Centre agrees

The Jharkhand government had on Thursday night shot off a letter to set the record right close on the heels of Chief Minister Hemant Soren trashing the centre's vaccine wastage data for Jharkhand.

At loggerheads with the Centre over vaccine wastage data, the Jharkhand government on Friday said the union ministry has agreed to rectify the state wastage data after it pointed out that CoWIN portal till May 27 erroneously showed state's wastage figure at '38.45' per cent, much higher than the actual. The assurance was given during a video conference between the union health ministry officials with the health ministry officials of the four states including Jharkhand, officials said. The Jharkhand government had on Thursday night shot off a letter to set the record right close on the heels of Chief Minister Hemant Soren trashing the centre's vaccine wastage data for Jharkhand.