Maharashtra given 91 lakh vaccine doses instead of 86 lakh for August: Centre to HC
The central government also said that the utility for correction of vaccine certificates on the CoWIN portal is under development and will be made available to users “shortly”, especially for the victims of fake vaccination drives in the BMC area.
The central government submitted an affidavit in reply on August 27 before a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni, which has been hearing PILs on various issues pertaining to vaccination drives being undertaken by the state. (File) The Union government recently told the Bombay High Court that the allocation and supply of doses to Maharashtra was made on or before schedule and at least 91.81 lakh doses were supplied to the state through manufacturers, instead of the scheduled allocation of 86.74 lakh doses for the month of August.
The central government also said that the utility for correction of vaccine certificates on the CoWIN portal is under development and will be made available to users “shortly”, especially for the victims of fake vaccination drives in the BMC area.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare was responding to concerns raised by petitioners that some citizens who got Covishield vaccines were issued certificates with errors such as incorrect names and same date and batch number of vaccines being mentioned in both certificates.
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