JAIPUR: More than 6 lakh doses of Covid vaccines were administered to beneficiaries in the state on Tuesday, taking the inoculation count to 4.05 crore mark. Out of the total figures, 3.07 crore are first doses and 98.36 lakh are second.
Rajasthan is now placed at fourth spot in the list of the maximum vaccinations in the country. It was at the fifth position till Tuesday morning, but it climbed one position as Madhya Pradesh slipped to the 5th spot. Uttar Pradesh, with more than 6.51crore doses, tops the list, followed by Maharashtra (5.4 crore) and Gujarat (4.36crore).
At a time when the health department is focusing on vaccination, the number of Covid daily infections continued to remain between 5 and 20 cases daily. Ten persons tested positive forCovid-19 in the state on Tuesday taking the overall tally to 9,54,040. The state’s death toll stands at 8,954.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (5), Bharatpur (2) and one case each was reported from Bikaner, Ajmer and Alwar.
CM for Right to Health as fundamental right
CM Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday demanded the Centre insert the Right to Health as part of fundamental rights of the Constitution. Citing the example of Rajasthan, Gehlot said his government had made major changes in medical sector to realise the vision of ‘Right to Health’. He said people have been given free medical treatment through schemes like CM’s free medicines scheme, CM’s free diagnosis scheme and CM’s Chiranjeevi Health Insurance scheme
Rajasthan is now placed at fourth spot in the list of the maximum vaccinations in the country. It was at the fifth position till Tuesday morning, but it climbed one position as Madhya Pradesh slipped to the 5th spot. Uttar Pradesh, with more than 6.51crore doses, tops the list, followed by Maharashtra (5.4 crore) and Gujarat (4.36crore).
At a time when the health department is focusing on vaccination, the number of Covid daily infections continued to remain between 5 and 20 cases daily. Ten persons tested positive forCovid-19 in the state on Tuesday taking the overall tally to 9,54,040. The state’s death toll stands at 8,954.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (5), Bharatpur (2) and one case each was reported from Bikaner, Ajmer and Alwar.
CM for Right to Health as fundamental right
CM Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday demanded the Centre insert the Right to Health as part of fundamental rights of the Constitution. Citing the example of Rajasthan, Gehlot said his government had made major changes in medical sector to realise the vision of ‘Right to Health’. He said people have been given free medical treatment through schemes like CM’s free medicines scheme, CM’s free diagnosis scheme and CM’s Chiranjeevi Health Insurance scheme
