West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday told a media channel that the state had been asking for more Covid-19 vaccines, but was not being provided with the shots.
However, reports quoting the Centre said that as of March 17, Bengal had been supplied 52.90 lakh vaccine doses of both Covishield and Covaxin. Out of them, 30.89 lakh had been administered to the public, and 22.01 lakh shots were still left for use.
Mamata Banerjee had skipped a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with CMs on Covid-19 response. State Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who attended the meeting, raised the issue of the need for more vaccine doses in Bengal.
PM Modi on Wednesday expressed concern over a rise in Covid-19 cases in parts of the country and called for “quick and decisive” steps to check the “emerging second peak”.
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