Jamshedpur/Bokaro: Most of the big vaccination centres across the Steel City were shut on Thursday as their vaccine stocks ran dry even as fresh cases in the district witnessed a rapid surge. In Bokaro, the district authorities stopped the drive after it ran out of vaccine stock.
As the centres remained shut in Jamshedpur, many beneficiaries, including senior citizens, were seen standing outside the hot sun to enquire about the fresh stocks and their turn to get the jabs. On the vaccine shortage, a senior official of the district health department, Dr Sahir Paul, said, We have placed orders for the vaccine and there is no way now other than waiting for the supply from the state headquarters.
CM Hemant Soren
JAMSHEDPUR/BOKARO: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Friday said the state would witness a greater speed of progress in the coming year. He spoke to the media on the sidelines of his visit to Uliyan, Kadma to pay tribute at the burial site of Nirmal Mahato, one of the founders of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha who was assassinated during the statehood movement in 1987.
“On December 29, our government will complete its first year in office. We will hold a programme to mark the occasion and on that day I will speak about the work we have done this year. This has been a challenging year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic,” the CM said.