West Bengal has asked the Centre to supply at least 3 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines for state-run and private hospitals to continue with the vaccination drive and also open up jabs for the 18+ group

West Bengal has asked the Centre to supply at least 3 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines for state-run and private hospitals to continue with the vaccination drive and also open up jabs for the 18+ group.

West Bengal has said 2 crore vaccine doses would be required to inoculate about 1 crore people in the 18-45 age bracket through government medical facilities, and the rest for vaccinating 50 lakh beneficiaries who would visit private hospitals.