Updated Jan 25, 2021 | 11:27 IST
Of the over 30,000 frontline staff inoculated on January 22, 11 AEFI cases were recorded. In most of such cases, people are experiencing vertigo, headache and nausea. More than 80,000 people inoculated in West Bengal in six days, 11 lakh targeted in next phase | Photo Credit: AP
Kolkata: The state health department yesterday said that 84,505 healthcare staff had been inoculated in West Bengal in the last six days of the vaccination drive.
In the next phase the government was prepared to vaccinate 11 lakh frontline staff, including police personnel and KMC officials, according to sources of The Indian Express. The list would include people working in the offices of district magistrates.
Updated Jan 23, 2021 | 14:19 IST
Out of the set target of 35,100 for yesterday, 30,517 received Covishield doses in 351 centres across West Bengal. 30,000 more health workers get COVID vaccine shot in Bengal | Photo Credit: AP
Over 30,000 frontline health workers were vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Bengal on Friday, taking the total number of people who got the jab to 84,505, a senior official of the health department said.
Out of the set target of 35,100 for Friday, 30,517 received Covishield doses in 351 centres across the state during the day.
Eleven cases of adverse event following immunization (AEFI), mostly minor, were reported, the official said. All the AEFI cases reported so far are doing well. The nurse who was admitted to the CCU of the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (in Kolkata on January 16) with AEFI was also discharged today, the official said.
Updated Jan 20, 2021 | 04:54 IST
The total number of beneficiaries were around 1,597 less as compared to that on the opening day of the vaccination rollout on Saturday. At least 14,110 vaccinated on second day of drive in Bengal | Photo Credit: ANI
At least 14,110 people received Covishield vaccine at the planned 207 centres in West Bengal on the second day of the vaccination programme Monday, even as 14 Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) cases were reported from different parts of the state,a senior health department official said.
The total number of beneficiaries were around 1,597 less as compared to that on the opening day of the vaccination rollout on Saturday.
The number of beneficiaries is less because of some communication problem. Fourteen adverse cases reported in Bengal post-vaccination | Photo Credit: IANS
Kolkata: The problem with the CoWIN app does not seem to stop. West Bengal again fell short of its target to vaccinate all frontline staff registered in the second list.
According to officials, problems in the Centre s CoWIN application was responsible for this.
The number of beneficiaries is less because of some communication problem. A health official told the Indian Express, The (CoWIN) portal was not working smoothly, and many of the selected recipients did not get the SMS. We have tried to call them over the phone.
Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 14:20 IST
Everything is being managed well, there is a team of people working on it. Neighbouring districts have started collecting the vaccine. Covid vaccine arrives in West Bengal, first dose to be provided at SSKM Hospital | Photo Credit: AP
Kolkata: The first consignment of 10 lakh doses of Covid vaccine ‘Covishield’ arrived in the city yesterday afternoon. It is the indigenous version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
The first dose in West Bengal will be provided at the SSKM Hospital here on January 16, followed by the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, according to sources of the Indian Express. The city airport authorities tweeted after the vaccine arrived at 2:30 pm in a special cargo flight of budget carrier SpiceJet, “May all be free from disease. One step closer! The consignment from Pune carrying #COVID19 vaccines has arrived at #KolkataAirport. Consignment handed over to state health department