Can work without a worry now, say health workers post vaccination
A phalanx of police officers stands guard at the door of Area Hospital, Nampally, where 30 health workers are scheduled to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. A sub-inspector of police has a list of beneficiaries, and barring doctors of the hospital, staff, and a small number of mediapersons, entry is not permitted to anyone else.
The vaccine recipients here are largely ASHA workers and nurses of the hospital. Kaushalya, head nurse at the hospital, was among the first to get the vaccine. Sitting on a bed even as she was being observed under the watchful eye of Superintendent P. Sunitha, post administering the vaccine, she says, “During the pandemic, even when the cases were rising, I was not afraid. After taking the vaccine, I feel safe.”
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Telangana Director of Public Health and Family Welfare Dr Srinivas Rao talking to ANI on Saturday. (Photo/ANI)
Telangana vaccinated 85 pc of total beneficiaries on day 1 of vaccination drive ANI | Updated: Jan 16, 2021 22:47 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 16 (ANI): The state of Telangana has managed to vaccinate 85 per cent of total beneficiaries on the first day of the nationwide vaccination drive, said Dr Srinivas Rao, Director of Public Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the vaccination drive across India from Delhi via Video Conferencing, the Telangana state was able to kick start the vaccination drive in 139 centers across the state, Dr Rao told ANI.
The state of Telangana has managed to vaccinate 85 per cent of total beneficiaries on the first day of the nationwide vaccination drive, said Dr Srinivas Rao, Director of Public Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the vaccination drive across India from Delhi via Video Conferencing, the Telangana state was able to kick start the vaccination drive in 139 centers across the state, Dr Rao told ANI. For today, we have just decided to vaccinate 30 beneficiaries per cent across the state. So we have estimated to vaccinate 4,200 beneficiaries across the state. Against the 4,200 beneficiaries, we were able to vaccinate 3,530 beneficiaries by 3 pm today. And by now we might have reached 85 per cent of our estimated target, he said.