Amid scarcity, Minister Sudhakar seeks more vaccines from Centre

Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Tuesday contacted Health Ministry officers in New Delhi looking for provide of COVID-19 vaccines amid suspension of the vaccination programme at authorities hospitals and first well being centres of Mysuru district for the third straight day.

There has been a scarcity of vaccines in a number of districts for most people as the main target has shifted to vaccinating college students and college and school employees.

Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, Dr. Sudhakar stated he had spoken to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, who promised to despatch provides from the recent allotment to the State on Wednesday.

Earlier within the day, Dr. Sudhakar had advised reporters in Bengaluru that he would make a visit to the nationwide capital and meet the Union Health Minister on the difficulty. However, in Mysuru, the Health Minister performed down the scarcity and stated the State has been administering three lakh to 5 lakh doses of vaccine each day. “We have never run dry of vaccine stocks,” he claimed.

Mysuru District Health Officer K.H. Prasad had, on Monday, admitted that the vaccine inventory within the district was exhausted. Officials had appealed to the general public to cooperate with the district administration and go to the vaccination centres solely after recent provides arrived.

Referring to the non-availability of vaccines in Mysuru, Dr. Sudhakar stated that the matter had been delivered to his discover and that he would take the mandatory steps. Dr. Sudhakar cautioned Dr. Prasad towards offering info pertaining to vaccines to the media. Soon after officers of the Health and Family Welfare Department in Mysuru gathered for a evaluation assembly on the Mysuru Zilla Panchayat premises, Dr. Sudhakar advised Dr. Prasad that thereforeforth the Deputy Commissioner would offer info on vaccines and that he ought to chorus from chatting with the media about it.

At Dharwad, District Health and Family Welfare Officer Yashwanth Madinkar stated there was no scarcity of vaccine doses however they have been getting used to vaccinate college students and academics. “As the focus is now on inoculating students, not many doses are available for the general public,” he stated.

In Mysuru too, inoculation at faculties is continuous.