Vaccination drive all set to resume today in A.P.

April 13, 2021 10:49 pm | Updated April 14, 2021 08:47 am IST - VIJAYAWADA

Representational image of COVID-19 vaccine

Representational image of COVID-19 vaccine

Andhra Pradesh is all set to conduct a vaccination drive on a large-scale on Wednesday as part of Tika Utsav as it received 6.4 lakh doses of Covishield and Covaxin doses from the Centre.

Though the batch of 4.4 lakh Covishield vaccines were received late on Monday and distributed to the districts immediately, not many doses were administered due to low turn out at vaccine centres on the occasion of Ugadi.

As of 8 p.m., only 4,483 beneficiaries were administered vaccines on Tuesday, according to the Co-WIN dashboard. Also, two lakh Covaxin doses were received on Tuesday morning.

With this, the State planned to conduct a vaccination drive at one Secretariat under the jurisdiction of every rural and urban Public Health Centre in the State, apart from other government hospitals, PHCs and private hospitals, according to health department officials.

All the beneficiaries aged above 45 would be encouraged to get vaccinated in the next two days.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.