Vaccine stocks exhausted in Visakhapatnam

Those who have had their first shot over a month ago are now worried whether they will be able to take the second dose on time

The ‘Tika Utsav’, scheduled to begin across the country on April 11 was cancelled in Visakhapatnam district as the vaccine stocks were exhausted. The initial apathy of the people to get the jab, has turned into one of urgency amid the surging second wave. Those who have had their first shot over a month ago are now worried whether they will be able to take the second dose on time. A senior citizen of Marripalem VUDA Colony, who had his first dose at a private hospital near NAD Junction, was asked to wait for a couple of days on the plea of lack of stocks.