Many who had not registered turned up
S. Murugan, 33, a resident of Srirampura in the city, turned up for the vaccination at the State-run K.C. General Hospital in the city on Monday morning hoping he would get a dose. Unaware that the inoculation for his age group was only for those who had registered and scheduled an appointment on the CoWIN portal, he returned disappointed.
“I did not know that I had to register before coming here. My parents and neighbours had got vaccinated without any prior registration. The government should have allowed a similar system in our age group too,” he said.
Karnataka awaits revised fact sheet to increase Covaxin usage
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The vaccine has been used only on healthcare workers so far.
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The vaccine has been used only on healthcare workers so far. Armed with the Phase 3 results of Covaxin that have shown an interim vaccine efficacy of 81%, the Health Department is waiting for a revised fact sheet from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to increase the usage of this vaccine across the State.
As of now, Karnataka has utilised just 9,008 (2.5%) of the total 3,56,340 doses of Covaxin it has received. With a shelf life of six months, this stock is set to expire in May. Given this, the Health Department is now working on increasing its usage. There has been a huge demand for vaccination since the second phase was rolled out.
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