Ranchi: State health minister Banna Gupta on Thursday announced that he will take the first vaccine shot on January 16 to allay doubts about the safet.
Jharkhand to get 1.62 lakh doses of Covid vaccine on Wednesday, 129 centres set up for distribution
Jharkhand to get 1.62 lakh doses of Covid vaccine on Wednesday, 129 centres set up for distribution
Jharkhand will receive the first consignment of around 1,62,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
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UPDATED: January 12, 2021 23:36 IST
The Jharkhand government expects to receive its first consignment of Covishield vaccines tomorrow (Photo: Reuters/Representational image)
Jharkhand will receive the first consignment of around 1,62,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday. The flight carrying the vaccine will reach Birsa Munda airport in Ranchi by 2 pm Wednesday following which doses of the vaccine will be delivered at 129 centres.
Ranchi: The state health department stepped up its preparedness for the Covid-19 vaccination after the Union government announced its formal rollout from January 16. On Sunday, several trucks carrying fresh stock of walking coolers and ice-lined refrigerators arrived at the RCH campus at Namkum, said officials.
Officials of the state wing of the National Health Mission (NHM) said the training session for AEFI management, transportation facilities, storage and proper handling of the vaccines are being done on a regular basis. The health department has also organised several training sessions for its staff in accordance with the Union government’s guidelines for the Covid-19 vaccine.
Ranchi: The second dry run for the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive, scheduled for Friday, will be a bigger affair from the first version.