Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday during a meeting to review the vaccination drive across the country said that the wastage figures of Covid vaccines continue to be on the higher side and asked authorities to take steps to tackle this issue.
The Prime Minister took stock of the vaccination drive among healthcare workers, frontline workers and the age-groups of 45+ years and 18-44 years.
In the meeting, officials gave a presentation on various aspects of immunisation exercise and also briefed PM Modi on the availability of the doses as well the roadmap to ramp up supply. He was told about the government's efforts to help vaccine manufacturers increase production.