new delhi the centre on wednesday advised states to do advance planning for vaccine administration till midjune and publicise it on cowin to ensure efficient utilisation of available jabs and avoid overcrowding at centres while itself sharing advance information about supply and availability of dosesbetween may 1 and june 15 586 crore doses will be provided to states under the central quota besides as per information received from manufacturers of covishield and covaxin 487 crore doses will be available till the end of next month for direct procurement by states and uts according to the the health ministrythe vaccines supplied by the centre will be used to immunise only those above 45 years of age and health and frontline workers people in the age group of 1844 years will get vaccine only from stocks procured by respective state government private hospitals and corporatesthe centre has asked states and uts to prepare a districtwise and vaccination centrewise plan for the administration of covid vaccine till midjune and publicise it the move is aimed at enabling efficient and judicious utilisation of available doses for smooth implementation of the vaccination programme health ministry saidlast week the government said that it is supplying states with 192 crore doses of covid vaccine between may 16 and may 31 which includes 1625 lakh doses of covishield and 2949 lakh doses of covaxinapart from preparing a districtwise and vaccination centrewise plan for administration of covid vaccines states have also been instructed to use multiple media platforms for dissemination of such a plan to enhance awareness among the massesapart from preparing a districtwise and vaccination centrewise plan for administration of covid vaccines states have also been instructed to use multiple media platforms for dissemination of such a plan to enhance awareness among the massesalso states and private vaccination centres have been advised to publish their vaccination calendar on cowin digital platform in advance while desisting from publishing single day vaccination calendarsthe vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from covid continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level the health ministry saidtill wednesday morning india administered a total of 1858 crore vaccine doses of which nearly 64 lakh doses were given to those in the 1844 age groupthe centre implemented the new covid19 vaccination policy from may 1 when it also opened vaccination for all adults above 18 years of age as part of the new strategy 50 of the locally manufactured vaccine doses would be procured by the centre and it would continue to make them available to state governments for vaccination of people above 45 years the remaining 50 vaccine doses produced locally would be available for direct procurement by the state governments and private hospitals besides states and private players can also import vaccines for immunisation of 1844 years population