Rajasthan
Rajasthan: Due to vaccine shortage, just 1.58 lakh got the shot | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: Due to the shortage of the vaccine 1,57,878 people got vaccinated in the state on Friday. However, the state received 5 lakh more vaccines which will enable the state to continue the vaccination for next five days. Also, the health department started chalking out the modalities of the vaccination for the 18+ beneficiaries.
Since the inception of vaccination in the state on January 16 12057484 people got vaccinated in the state till Friday included the health workers, frontline workers, people aged between 45 years to 59 years and people of 60 years and ago.
Amidst the restrictions and short supply of the vaccines there has been a drop in the vaccination. “We have had vaccinated at least 5 lakh people in a day during the adequate supply. On Friday we have received 5 lakh more vaccines which will enable us to vaccinate for next five days in the state as we now have 10 lakh vaccines,” said Dr Raghuraj Singh, nodal officer, Vaccination Rajasthan.
According to the records, 1006 health workers got their Ist dose while 912 got their second dose on Friday. Similarly 2013 frontline workers got vaccinated for the Ist dose while 1457 got their second shot. “Likewise 63077 people aged between 45 years to 59 years got vaccinated for Ist dose and 14289 got vaccinated for the second dose. Also 23571 senior citizens got their Ist dose and 89667 got their second dose,” he added.
Since the inception of vaccination in the state on January 16 12057484 people got vaccinated in the state till Friday included the health workers, frontline workers, people aged between 45 years to 59 years and people of 60 years and ago.
Amidst the restrictions and short supply of the vaccines there has been a drop in the vaccination. “We have had vaccinated at least 5 lakh people in a day during the adequate supply. On Friday we have received 5 lakh more vaccines which will enable us to vaccinate for next five days in the state as we now have 10 lakh vaccines,” said Dr Raghuraj Singh, nodal officer, Vaccination Rajasthan.
According to the records, 1006 health workers got their Ist dose while 912 got their second dose on Friday. Similarly 2013 frontline workers got vaccinated for the Ist dose while 1457 got their second shot. “Likewise 63077 people aged between 45 years to 59 years got vaccinated for Ist dose and 14289 got vaccinated for the second dose. Also 23571 senior citizens got their Ist dose and 89667 got their second dose,” he added.
