Highlighting the acute shortage of vaccines in the national Capital, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi said on Thursday that around 34,000 people were vaccinated in Delhi on May 26 and the majority of jabs were provided by private hospitals.
The AAP leader also said 42 per cent of the people (24.32 lakh) in the 45 plus category have received at least one dose of vaccine. “This is the fourth day; no vaccination for youth between 18 and 44 in any of the Government schools of Delhi is done.
Both Covaxin and Covishield’s stock has ended for the youth. This is a cause of concern as youth was the only group which does not have any vaccine hesitancy and coming in large numbers to register themselves on CoWIN and getting vaccinated,” she said.
She added that there are many vaccines approved by WHO are available in the international market which have not been approved by the centre yet. “Vaccines like Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson.