Over 7k get second dose, 80 lakh-plus vaccinated thus far

More than 7,000 frontline healthcare staff accomplished their two-dose immunisation schedule because the nation started administering the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday.
InIndia, each Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin have the identical course and schedule: two doses scheduled to be administered 4 weeks aside.
The vaccine rollout began 28 days in the past, and the 2 lakh beneficiaries who got the primary shot on Day 1 can be administered the second dose. According to official knowledge, 7,668 healthcare staff obtained the second dose on Saturday. The nation touched the 80-lakh mark on Day 28 — 59,35,275 healthcare staff (HCWs) and 21,17,179 frontline staff (FLWs) have been inoculated.
The Indian regulator has mentioned that the second dose vaccine may be administered inside a interval of 4 to 6 weeks. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 15 states and Union territories started administering the second dose on Saturday.
On Saturday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan chaired an in depth evaluation of the standing and progress of the vaccination drive with all states and UTs.
As of Saturday, 12 states and UTs have administered the primary dose to greater than 70 per cent of the registered HCWs. These embody Bihar, Lakshadweep, Tripura, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Sikkim.
The nation has thus far reported 27 deaths, nevertheless, the Centre has mentioned that they don’t seem to be attributable to the vaccination. “In the last 24 hours, three new deaths have been reported. Out of which, a 38-year-old person, a resident of Harda, Madhya Pradesh, died due to myocardial infarction after 9 days of vaccination. Another is a 35-year-old resident of Panipat, Haryana, suffering from pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome, who died after eight days of vaccination. Post-mortem details are awaited. A 58-year-old resident of Dausa, Rajasthan, collapsed on duty and was brought dead to the hospital after taking the vaccine. His post-mortem details are also awaited,” the well being ministry mentioned.