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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday criticised the Centre over the wastage of Covid-19 vaccines and said since the pandemic does not discriminate between people, everyone needs to be vaccinated. Calling it a result of “bad planning”, the division bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said, “You should have foreseen the situation. It is no rocket science.” The bench said according to news reports there is a daily wastage of six per cent of vaccines and till now 44 lakh vaccines out of 10 crore have been wasted, maximum in Tamil Nadu. India reported 2,59,170 new Covid-19 cases and 1,761 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry.
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