30,000 more vaccine doses to reach Malappuram
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District registers 1,677 positive cases
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District registers 1,677 positive cases
The Malappuram district administration has geared up to bring 30,000 additional Covishield vaccines as part of stepping up the fight against COVID-19.
District Medical Officer K. Sakeena said increasing the number of daily vaccinations was a key strategy in the fight against the pandemic. She added that 30,000 more vaccines would be brought to the district from the Regional Vaccine Store in Kozhikode soon.
Over 4.38 lakh people were vaccinated in the district until Sunday. While 3.98 lakh took the first dose, 39,632 took the second dose. As many as 1,825 people received the vaccine on Sunday
No vaccine in many GHs
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Most of the Government Hospitals in this district have run out of COVID-19 vaccine and people were being asked to turn up after Monday.
While officials in the Health Department are doubtful about getting the replenishment by Tuesday, Collector R. Kannan said that fresh stocks of vaccines were expected by Monday.
While Covishield vaccines had run out in many hospitals two days back, even the Covaxin doses have been exhausted. “Only those who had registered for the second dose of jab were given Covaxin,” said a senior health official of a Government Hospital.
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At least six COVID-19 patients died in the ICU of a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh s Shahdol allegedly due to low pressure in the medical oxygen supply. The incident occurred at the Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) here on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. However, the district administration denied that these deaths were caused due to the shortage of oxygen . Out of 62 patients admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward of the medical college s COVID-19 centre, six patients died following the low pressure of liquid oxygen late last night, the facility s dean, Dr Milind Shiralkar, said, adding that the other critical patients are safe.
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