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Over 200 vials of Covishield vaccine found in garbage in Madhya Pradesh

More than 200 vials of the Covishield vaccine were found lying in a pile of garbage behind a community health centre in Madhya Pradesh. Health officials refuse to accept negligence on their part but offers investigation

Madhya Pradesh: 200 Vials of Covishield vaccine found in garbage
Madhya Pradesh: 200 Vials of Covishield vaccine found in garbage

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Published : Nov 23, 2021, 10:48 PM IST

Rewa:More than 200vials of the Covishield vaccine were found lying in a pile of garbage behind the Mauganj Community Health Center (CHC) in Rewa district.

The Covidshield vaccine vials have an expiry date of 2022.

Rewa Chief Medical Health Officer BL Mishra at first refrained from saying anything on the huge negligence. Later defended the officers by citing the investigation.

The Chief Medical Officer said that a provision was made to keep the vaccine safe from medical waste, but whatever happened is not in his cognizance thus a high-level investigation will be done.

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