Rajasthan govt asks Centre to increase vaccine supply, 3.51 lakh receive shots | Jaipur News

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JAIPUR: State health department has asked the Centre to increase the supply of vaccines for the days left in the month of August to expedite vaccination.
For this month, Rajasthan had already asked for 80 lakh doses. On Friday 3,50,528 beneficiaries got jabbed while 1,02,22,863 people in the state have completed their vaccination.
In Jaipur, long queues were seen at vaccination centres. Many people whose second dose is pending since August 15 onwards are awaiting their chance to get the dose. “We had already asked the Centre to provide at least 80 lakh doses. In this month, thankfully we have been receiving doses every day but getting close to 80 lakh per day is a little difficult. We have asked them to increase the supply for the days left in this month,” said Dr Raghuraj Singh, nodal officer, vaccination.
Meanwhile, 4,48,877 healthcare workers have completed their two doses. On Friday 1,10,000 doses of Covishield and 1,75,860 doses of Covaxin arrived in the state. On Saturday, with some more left doses, at least 4 lakh beneficiaries are likely to be given the jab. Authorities stated that they will make bigger projection for the month of September. “We have a capacity to give the vaccine to 15 lakh people per day and we will urge the Centre again to give a good number of doses from September,” a senior officer said.