Vaccination irregularities create flutter in Madhya Pradesh

Two incidents were reported in the Agar Malwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

Malwa (Madhya Pradesh): Vaccination certificates issued to the dead people created flutter in the state. The incidents were reported in the Agar Malwa district in Madhya Pradesh on the day when Centre claimed that over 2 crore Covid vaccinations were administered in a day for the first time on Friday on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday.

In the first case reported, a deceased woman Vidya Sharma who succumbed to Covid on May 1 received the vaccine certificate for the second dose. Sharma took her first jab in March and was to take the second jab in June. Sharma's son Ashutosh Sharma received a certificate stating that his mother has received the second jab on September 17 at the municipality town hall vaccination centre. Ashutosh searched the website and got a certificate for the second dose of Covishield. The issuance of certificate to his dead mother has baffled Ashutosh.

26-year-old Pinky Verma, who lives in the same cantonment area of ​​​​Agar, got the first dose of Covishield on June 8 and the second dose is yet to be administered. However, on September 17, she was shocked to see a message on her mobile that she has received her second dose of vaccination, that too at the vaccination centre located at Dag in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan. Pinky also alleges that there are lot discrepancies in vaccination drives.

As the figures rise, it has been claimed that the target of administering the first dose of vaccine to 80% of the adult population in Madhya Pradesh has been achieved. About two and a half months ago, Madhya Pradesh was ranked seventh in the country in terms of vaccination, which has now reached second place. The kind of cases that are coming out, casts doubt on the figures put out by the government.