Second dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine to be administered to healthcare workers from Feb 13
India
Updated: Thursday, February 4, 2021, 21:54 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 4: The second dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine will be administered to healthcare workers from February 13, the Centre said on Thursday, highlighting that 45 per cent of them have been inoculated so far.
Addressing a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 45,93,427 beneficiaries have been vaccinated against COVID-19 till 1.30 PM on Thursday.
The states and UTs that have covered 30 per cent or less of healthcare workers in the COVID immunization drive till date are Sikkim, Ladakh, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Puducherry. These states are being given suggestions by the Union Health Ministry over video-conferences and meetings about how to increase the immunization coverage, Bhushan said.
Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan. File
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Kerala (69,365) and Maharashtra (38,762) account for 70 % of the total active cases in the country.
India’s cumulative COVID-19 positivity rate has declined to 5.42 % while the weekly positivity rate (last week) was recorded at 1.82 %, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. Eight states and union territories, which have a weekly positivity rate more than the national average of 1.82 % are Kerala ( 11.20 %), Chhattisgarh (6.20 %), Maharashtra (4. 70 %), Goa (4.40 %), Nagaland (3.60 %), Ladakh (2.90 %), Puducherry (2.60 %) and Chandigarh (2.10 %), Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said at a press briefing.
“This is certainly a reason for worry. We are continuously being in touch with them. We have also sent central teams to some of these states yesterday,” Mr. Bhushan said.
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Second dose of COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to healthcare workers from 13 Feb, says health ministry Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that 45,93,427 beneficiaries have been vaccinated against COVID-19 till 1.30 pm on Thursday Representational image. PTI
The second dose of anti- Coronavirus vaccine will be administered to healthcare workers from 13 February, the Centre said on Thursday, highlighting that 45 percent of them have been inoculated so far.
Addressing a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 45,93,427 beneficiaries have been vaccinated against COVID-19 till 1.30 pm on Thursday.
The states and Union Territories that have completed the first dose of vaccination for 50 percent or more of their healthcare workers are Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, Mizoram, Lakshadweep, Odisha, Kerala, Haryana, Bihar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and U
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[REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] A medic in Mumbai preparing a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at Mumbai s JJ Hospital on January 27, 2021 (Photo Credits: PTI)
An infraction in the brain caused the death of the ASHA worker who died in Andhra Pradesh s Guntur days after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine in January. Identified as Vijaya Lakshmi, the ASHA worker breathed her last on January 24, five days after she was vaccinated against coronavirus.