Ludhiana among 9 dists with no vaccine wastage
The data analysed by the Health and Family Welfare Department, which is available with The Tribune, showed that Ludhiana and Ropar ranked fourth best performing districts with minus 1 per cent vaccine wastage, Pathankot topped Punjab with minus 8 per cent vaccine wastage, Sangrur second with minus 3, and Patiala stood third with minus 2 per cent vaccine wastage in the state.Among other districts, Mohali reported 1 per cent vaccine wastage, followed by Jalandhar 2 per cent, Faridkot and Kapurthala 3 per cent each, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Mansa, Amritsar 4 per cent each, Barnala 7 per cent, Gurdaspur 9 per cent, Fatehgarh Sahib 10 per cent, and Fazilka and Muktsar proved to be the worst-performers with the highest vaccine wastage of 11 per cent of the total stock provided to them by the state government till last week.The comparison of wastage trend in vaccine type suggested that the wastage of Covishield in Punjab drastically dropped from 5 per cent between May 13 and 20 to 2 per cent between May 27 and June 3, before touching the record low of minus 2 per cent on June 17. Comparatively, the wastage of Covaxin remained static at minus 1 per cent from May 27 to June 17.
