Telangana begins vaccinating high risk groups
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Hyderabad, May 28 : Health authorities in Telangana on Friday launched a special Covid-19 vaccination drive to cover the high risk groups.
In all, 7.87 lakh individuals from high risk groups will be vaccinated during the special drive, which will continue for 7-8 days across the state.
Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, who visited a couple of special vaccination centres in Hyderabad, told reporters that more than 1.4 lakh people in the districts will be administered vaccination over the next three days.
He said the special vaccination drive for high risk groups also called super spreaders is being conducted as per the directions of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao .
Telangana registers 3,614 COVID cases, 18 deaths
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Daily positivity rate comes down to 4%; 90,226 tests done during the day
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Policemen wearing headgear themed on Covid-19 during an awareness drive at Begumpet in Hyderabad on Thursday, May 27, 2021. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G
Daily positivity rate comes down to 4%; 90,226 tests done during the day
A total of 3,614 new COVID cases and 18 deaths were reported in Telangana State during the 24-hour period till 5.30 p.m. on Thursday as the daily positivity rate has marginally come down to 4% with 90,226 tests done during the day.
Comparatively, 91,048 tests were conducted and there were 3,762 cases and 20 fatalities the previous day as per the bulletin issued by the Director of Public Health Dr. G. Srinivasa Rao.
AstraZeneca, Sputnik V makers respond to Telangana vaccine tender
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AstraZeneca and the manufacturers of Sputnik V have responded to Telangana government s invitation for global tenders, said Srinivasa Rao, Director of Public Health. The two companies are in negotiations with the Telangana State Medical Services Infrastructure Development Corporation (TSMIDC), and are likely to arrive at a decision by June 4, said Srinivasa Rao.
Amid shortage of vaccines, the Telangana government had recently invited global tenders to procure 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from foreign vaccine manufacturers or their agents in case of imported vaccines. The pre-bid meeting was held on May 26.