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  • Over 1 crore people fully vaccinated against Covid in Rajasthan: Health minister

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: Over one crore people have been administered both doses of Covid vaccine in Rajasthan, state Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Thursday.

    With this, 20 per cent of the target population in the state has been fully vaccinated, he said.

    “A total of 4, 12, 67,359 beneficiaries have been vaccinated in the state. Of them, 3, 12, 58,116 have been given the first dose and 1,00,09,243 beneficiaries have received both doses,” the minister said.

    Sharma said there are 3,177 vaccination sites in the state — 3,109 government and 68 private sites.

    The minister said in view of a possible third wave of coronavirus, the infrastructure of all the hospitals in the state is being strengthened.

    He said availability of medical oxygen, along with ICU beds, is being ensured in 332 CHCs.

  • COVID-19 vaccination comes to halt for 18-plus age group in Rajasthan

    Express News Service
    JAIPUR: Vaccination has stopped in Rajasthan for the 18-plus group due to shortage of doses. On May 29, 1.25 lakh vaccines were bought for this age group. But that has been spent already. The quota from any other age group category has not been diverted to the group, government sources said.

    Officials said that it might be difficult to get anyone vaccinated for the next six days in the 18-plus category as there is no information from either the manufacturing companies or the Central government on the supply of the vaccine.

    Dr Raghuraj Singh, Project Director of the Vaccination Campaign in Rajasthan, said the government had already used more doses than it received for the 18-plus age group. “Vaccination has stopped at all places. Today in Jaipur, vaccination of this age group could not take place at any government center. We have urged manufacturers to provide doses as soon as possible,” he said.

    Uttarakhand way behind vaccination target

    Uttarakhand is way behind in fully vaccinating its 18-plus population by December 2021, the national objective. To vaccinate an estimated 66 lakh population in the 18-plus category, Uttarakhand needs to administer at least 49,000 doses per day.

    Anoop Nautiyal of the Social Development for Communities Foundation, an organization that has been collating Covid data since March 15, 2020, said: “The state has achieved an average of 21,402 doses per day starting January 16. The state needs a total of 1.32 crore doses.”

  • Centre should announce free vaccination against COVID for all citizens: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

    The veteran Congress leader said the second wave of the pandemic, in which both the infection and mortality rates are very high, is extremely dangerous.

  • No shortage of COVID-19 vaccine in Rajasthan: Union Health ministry

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday rejected reports about impending shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses in Rajasthan saying it regularly monitors the availability of vaccine supply in all states and union territories, and provides doses according to their requirement and consumption pattern.

    The union health ministry clarified that Rajasthan has been supplied 37.61 lakh doses and has consumed only 24.28 lakh doses till Monday night. “There have been some news reports suggesting impending shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses in Rajasthan. The factual position is that there is no shortage of COVID-19 vaccine with the state at present. Rajasthan has been supplied 37.61 lakh doses and has consumed only 24.28 lakh doses till yesterday night,” the ministry said.

    The central government is regularly monitoring availability of vaccine supply in all states and union territories, and providing the doses as per their requirement and consumption pattern, it added.

  • COVID-19 vaccination drive 2.0: Teething troubles witnessed at some places in Rajasthan

    By PTI
    KOTA: Teething troubles were witnessed at a few places in Rajasthan as the second phase of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive began on Monday.

    People aged above 60 and those between 45 and 59 who are suffering from comorbidities are eligible for vaccinations under the second phase of the drive.

    The drive was launched on January 16 with healthcare and sanitation workers being inoculated in the first phase.

    The day started with enthusiasm among the senior citizens who reached the vaccination centres for getting the first dose.

    However, problems like delay in registration were encouraged during the initial hours.

    At some centres including the one at Jaipuria hospital in Jaipur, people had to wait for one to two hours before getting the shot while technical glitches delayed the drive at a few places including six sites in the super-speciality block of the new medical college hospital in Kota.

    The vaccination drive was held at nearly two dozen centres in Jaipur and 118 sites, including those at private hospitals, in the Kota division comprising Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar and Baran districts, officials said.

    In Jaipur, Governor Kalraj Mishra got vaccinated at the Raj Bhavan.

    The first dose was administered under the supervision of the principal of SMS medical college Sudhir Bhandari.

    Thanking scientists for successfully developing the vaccine in a short time while following all standards and prescribed procedures, Mishra appealed that eligible people should get both doses of the vaccine on time without any hesitation.

    Mishra said that there should be no carelessness after the first dose of the vaccine and protocols like social distancing, wearing face masks should be properly followed. Meanwhile, 72-year-old Mangla Dixit was the first to receive the jab at the SMS government hospital in Jaipur.

    After getting the shot, she told reporters that those eligible should not hesitate in getting vaccinated.

    “The prime minister too got the first dose of vaccination today. It is safe and people should come forward,” she said.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital and appealed to all those who are eligible to get inoculated.

    A 69-year-old ex-serviceman received the first shot in Kota while former Rajasthan finance minister Harimohan Sharma received the first shot in Bundi.

    “I am feeling at ease with no complications or trouble and I appeal to the people to move to vaccination sites in their areas to get vaccinated,” 82-year-old Sharma said after getting the shot.

    According to chief medical and health officer, Jhalawar, Sajid Khan, “There has been a good response from senior citizens at most of the vaccination sites in Jhalawar, particularly in rural areas there is no apprehension among them.”

    While the vaccination is free at government hospitals, it costs Rs 250 per dose in private hospitals as fixed by the government.

  • Second dose of COVID-19 vaccine to be administered in Rajasthan from February 15

    By PTI
    JAIPUR: Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Sunday the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine will be administered in the state from Monday.

    Sharma said an action plan has been prepared for the vaccination.

    Under this, those beneficiaries who were given the first dose of the vaccine on January 16, will be administered the second dose.

    In addition to this, beneficiaries of the Social Justice and Empowerment and the Agriculture departments will be administered the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, he said in a statement.

    The second dose is given to a beneficiary 28 days after the first.

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    The Health Minister said all those health workers and frontline workers will be vaccinated this week who have not been administered the first dose of the vaccine.

    He said a big vaccination session will be organized for such 8 per cent health workers and 20 per cent frontline workers.

    Sharma directed the officers to ensure vaccination of all the beneficiaries coming to the session site.

    He said it should be ensured that the list of all health workers and frontline workers is ready by Tuesday.

    He said those beneficiaries, who were given the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on January 18, will be given the next dose on February 17.

    School teachers will be prominently included, the minister said.

    The Health Minister said directions have been given to administer the first dose of the vaccine to all the remaining healthcare workers and frontline workers by February 19.