8,000 doses of Covishield available, 12,000 more expected today
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Fresh stock of Covaxin likely to arrive in a week, says Dakshina Kannada Nodal Officer for Vaccines
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Fresh stock of Covaxin likely to arrive in a week, says Dakshina Kannada Nodal Officer for Vaccines
While there is no stock of Covaxin in Dakshina Kannada, the available Covishield vaccine is being given to people at vaccination sites in the district.
District Nodal Officer for Vaccines B.V. Rajesh said that a fresh stock of Covaxin is expected in a week’s time. The district has 8,000 doses of Covishield and it is expecting 12,000 more doses of the vaccine to be delivered by Friday.
A group of 20 undertrials assaulted a couple of inmates and a few prison and police personnel in the Mangaluru District Prison on Sunday. This forced the authorities to shift 20 inmates to three diffe
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Udupi Deputy Commissioner G. Jagadeesha receiving the vaccine at the District Hospital in Udupi on Monday. Also seen is Chief Executive Officer of Udupi Zilla Panchayat Y. Naveen Bhat.
Deputy Commissioners of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi K.V. Rajendra and G. Jagadeesha, respectively, Udupi Additional Deputy Commissioner Sadashiva Prabhu, Mangaluru Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar and Udupi Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Y. Naveen Bhat were among the frontline workers who received Covishield vaccine in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Monday.
The three-day vaccination drive for frontline workers comprising police personnel, employees in Revenue Department, panchayat and municipal bodies began on Monday.
More than 1,000 health workers vaccinated in twin districts
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The response for vaccination in Dakshina Kannada was far better to the one noticed on the first day of the first phase of vaccination on Saturday.
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A man being vaccinated at the Udupi District Government Hospital on January 16, 2021.
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The response for vaccination in Dakshina Kannada was far better to the one noticed on the first day of the first phase of vaccination on Saturday.
As many as 1,006 health workers received COVID-19 vaccine jab in Dakshina Kannada, while 48 received it in Udupi on Monday. The response for vaccination in Dakshina Kannada was far better to the one noticed on the first day of the first phase of vaccination on Saturday.
Patients hit as majority of OPDs in private hospitals remain shut
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But those of KMC and government hospitals stay open to provide services
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Patients at the OPD facility at Government Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru on Friday. | Photo Credit:
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But those of KMC and government hospitals stay open to provide services
While a majority of the out-patient departments (OPD) of private hospitals in Mangaluru and Udupi remained closed on Friday, OPDs in government hospitals and KMC Hospitals in Mangaluru, Kateel, and Manipal functioned normally.
The private hospitals had closed the OPDs in response to a national protest called by the Indian Medical Association against the Centre’s decision to allow Ayurvedic practitioners to perform surgeries.