Karnataka readies to vaccinate Covid warriors
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Fri, Jan 15 2021 20:51 IST |
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Bengaluru, Jan 15 : All arrangements have been made to begin vaccinating 16-lakh Covid warriors at 243 centres across Karnataka from Saturday, said state Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Friday. Covishield vaccine will be administered at 237 centres and Covaxin at 6 centres across the state after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually unveils the drive in Bengaluru on Saturday from New Delhi through video-conferencing, Sudhakar told reporters here.
Arrangements for the drive include 10 walk-in coolers, 4 walk-in freezers, 3,210 ice lined refrigerators (ILRs), 46,591 vaccine carriers and 2,25,749 ice packs.
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Despite being festival time, health care workers and the district administration have been working overtime to get things ready for the inauguration of the vaccine drive, which is scheduled to begin on Saturday.
It is a nation-wide drive and the PHC at Chinna Waltair has been geared up for the nation-wide inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It has been connected to the national feeder for the PM’s two-way communication and the process will begin at 9 a.m.
This means at least 1.5 lakh people of the 3.68 lakh people who registered will not get the vaccine from the first consignment and will have to wait for the next round of distribution.
Karnataka to get 20,000 doses of Covaxin also: Health minister
Thu, Jan 14 2021 08:02:40 AM
Bengaluru, Jan 14 (IANS): Karnataka would get 20,000 doses of Covaxin from Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech for administering to frontline warriors, including healthcare workers, in the first phase from January 16, state Health Minister K. Sudhakar said on Wednesday. The state will soon receive 20,000 doses of Covaxin from Hyderabad by air and these will be used to inoculate 16 lakh frontline warriors across the state in phase one from January 16 onwards, said Sudhakar, a medical doctor by profession, in a statement.
The state has received 8 lakh doses of Covishield from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India since Tuesday.
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