JAIPUR: In the second dose vaccination drive against Covid-19, Rajasthan is at fifth position with 57,09,586 doses administered till July 20, which is also the figure of fully vaccinated population.
According to the Centre, the number of all the beneficiaries who are required to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are 5.14 crore in the state, out of those more than 57 lakh have been vaccinated with both the doses, which means that more than 11% of the state’s population is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Besides, the state had vaccinated 2,32,95,731 first doses till July 20, which is the result of the state government’s aggressive strategy of inoculating beneficiaries with the first dose since the drive launched on January 16. It is at the third place in the list of states vaccinating highest first doses.
UP is leading in first dose vaccination, which is more populated than Rajasthan, had provided 3.4 crore first doses to beneficiaries, while Maharashtra provided 3 crore and Rajasthan had given 2.3 crore jabs of first doses of Covid-19 vaccines, contributing 7.1% of the total first dose vaccination done in the country.
After Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat, Rajasthan is at the fourth spot in receiving highest number of vaccine doses from the Centre. The state has received 2,49,42,230 doses till July 20.
In terms of preventing wastage of vaccine doses, the state has done well. The state has not wasted any dose, rather it has extracted extra vaccine doses for the beneficiaries, says the Centre’s report.
A vial contains 11 doses, but officially it is counted as 10 doses. The health department used that one extra dose in each vial, which is given as compensation, in case of wastage of one dose per vial.
The manufacturer gave an additional dose considering that one dose per vial will go waste but in Rajasthan the nurses made use of the additional dose. The Centre’s report says that 2,46,001 extra doses were extracted by the health department, which are meant to go waste.
According to the Centre, the number of all the beneficiaries who are required to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are 5.14 crore in the state, out of those more than 57 lakh have been vaccinated with both the doses, which means that more than 11% of the state’s population is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Besides, the state had vaccinated 2,32,95,731 first doses till July 20, which is the result of the state government’s aggressive strategy of inoculating beneficiaries with the first dose since the drive launched on January 16. It is at the third place in the list of states vaccinating highest first doses.
UP is leading in first dose vaccination, which is more populated than Rajasthan, had provided 3.4 crore first doses to beneficiaries, while Maharashtra provided 3 crore and Rajasthan had given 2.3 crore jabs of first doses of Covid-19 vaccines, contributing 7.1% of the total first dose vaccination done in the country.
After Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat, Rajasthan is at the fourth spot in receiving highest number of vaccine doses from the Centre. The state has received 2,49,42,230 doses till July 20.
In terms of preventing wastage of vaccine doses, the state has done well. The state has not wasted any dose, rather it has extracted extra vaccine doses for the beneficiaries, says the Centre’s report.
A vial contains 11 doses, but officially it is counted as 10 doses. The health department used that one extra dose in each vial, which is given as compensation, in case of wastage of one dose per vial.
The manufacturer gave an additional dose considering that one dose per vial will go waste but in Rajasthan the nurses made use of the additional dose. The Centre’s report says that 2,46,001 extra doses were extracted by the health department, which are meant to go waste.
