Shillong, June 28: Meghalaya currently has a total of 90,000 doses of vaccine, with the next batch of 40,000 to be received within 3-4 days and another 1 lakh doses expected to reach the state within the next 10 days. If the stocks reach on time, the state will have odd 2 lakh doses at its disposal within the next ten days.

Interacting with reporters on Monday, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said, “We should be having another 1 lakh more by the end of this month or the first week of July… total together we will have close to 2 lakh vaccines available.”

Stating that the government of India is providing vaccines as per usage basis, he said the states that are doing well will get more vaccines.

Regarding the COVID-19 expenditure, Sangma said the expenditure incurred for the second wave is much lesser compared to the first wave.

“Last year the expenditure touched more than Rs. 400 crore but this year it has not gone to that level. This year we tried to minimize the expenditure,” he said while adding that it is always a balance between social aspect of helping people and the limit to the financial resources.