The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has said that more than two crore COVID vaccine doses are still available with the States and Union Territories to be administered to the beneficiaries.<br />'' <br />''The Ministry said, the Union Government has provided over 20 crore 76 lakh COVID vaccine doses free of cost to States and Union Territories so far. Of this, the total consumption of doses including wastages is over 18 crore 71 lakh. The Ministry has assured that more than three lakh vaccine doses will be provided to the States and Union Territories within the next three days.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Health Ministry has said, vaccination is a crucial pillar in the fight against the corona virus and the third phase of COVID-19 vaccination has already started in the country. The Ministry has informed that  over 22 lakh 70 thousand vaccine doses are available in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Tamil Nadu wherein over 14 lakh nineteen thousand doses are left to be administered to the beneficiaries. </span><br />