<span style="color: #222222;">The Country has incurred expenditure of 19 thousand 675 crore rupees for procurement of Covid-19, till 9th of December, for free supply of vaccine doses to the States and Union Territories. Replying to a written question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr.Bharati Pawar said, till the 15th of this month, various private hospitals across the country have procured over four crores 62 lakh doses of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines. Similarly, 10 lakh 72 thousand Sputnik V vaccines are also procured till 15th December.<br />''<br />''However, the Minister informed that over 62 lakh 58 thousand vaccine doses were wasted, with nearly half of wastage reported from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.</span><br />