Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday said the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine is being administered in all government hospitals of the state. Second dose of vaccine is being given to health workers who had got their first shots on January 16, when the vaccination drive was launched. Sidhu, in a statement here, said among the volunteer doctors from various departments those administered a second dose of vaccine in Mohali included Dimple Dhaliwal Srivastava (Paediatrics) and Sandeep (ENT).
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The Maharashtra government will start giving the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine to the healthcare workers in the state from February 15, an official said on Saturday. Those healthcare workers, who have received their first dose of the vaccine and completed the four-week period, will be eligible for the second dose as per the standard guidelines laid down by central health ministry, the official from the state health department. Till Friday, a total of of 6,48,573 healthcare and frontline workers have received their first dose of the vaccine in the state. The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive began on January 16.
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