New Delhi: The union government has released the list of states with highest vaccine wastage. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has released the list. The Ministry had conducted a a review meeting via video conferencing with administrators from States and Union Territories (UTs) on Covid-19 vaccination drive on Tuesday.
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As per the data released by the Ministry, the vaccine wastage is very high in some states. Jharkhand is in the top of the list with 37.3% wastage. The state is followed by Chhattisgarh (30.2%), Tamil Nadu (15.5%), Jammu and Kashmir (10.8%) and Madhya Pradesh (10.7%). These States have been reporting much higher wastage than the national average of 6.3%.
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