As India on Friday reported 145,334 COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike recorded since the outbreak of the pandemic, Delhi and Punjab on Saturday said that they are left with the vaccine supply for only a few days. 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that they have COVID-19 vaccine for seven to 10 days, quotes news agency ANI. “If we have enough doses & age bar is removed, we can vaccinate people within two or three months in Delhi,” the AAP leader. He added, “Currently, we’ve vaccine for seven to 10 days.”

“We need to remove age criteria and scale-up vaccination. There will be no lockdown. New restrictions will be imposed soon,” Kejriwal said. 

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On the other hand, Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh said that the state is left with vaccine supply (5.7 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses) for only five days, reports ANI. He said that if Punjab “is able to meet its target of 2 lakh vaccines a day, then its current supplies will last only three days,” quotes news agency ANI.

This comes after several other states have written to the central government asking for more COVID vaccines while complaining about the shortage. 

On Friday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the stock of COVID vaccine will last for only two days in the state. 

Earlier, states such as Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Odisha have complained about the vaccine shortage.