Bhubaneswar, April 8 -- Bhubaneswar: Odisha today has shut down nearly half of its vaccination centres citing the reason that it has run out of vaccines. It accuses the Centre of not replenishing the vaccine stock the State urgently needed.

On the other hand, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today again reiterated that there is no shortage of vaccines. Each state will get replenishments on time. He chided all the states to not create panic.

In the face of accusations and rebuttals, the time is ripe to take a reality check.

ODISHA CASE

As per State Health Department, Odisha had a stock of 5.34 lakh doses of Covishield - the vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India - in its inventory.

Since the State is giving the shot to ne...