Not Covid vaccine, infraction in brain caused ASHA worker s death in Andhra s Guntur: Post-mortem report
An ASHA worker, 44-year-old Vijaya Lakshmi died on January 24, five days after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine in Andhra Pradesh s Guntur district.
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UPDATED: February 3, 2021 04:39 IST
[REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] A medic in Mumbai preparing a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at Mumbai s JJ Hospital on January 27, 2021 (Photo Credits: PTI)
An infraction in the brain caused the death of the ASHA worker who died in Andhra Pradesh s Guntur days after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine in January. Identified as Vijaya Lakshmi, the ASHA worker breathed her last on January 24, five days after she was vaccinated against coronavirus.
Second phase Covid vaccination to begin in Andhra from Wed
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Madrid region suspends Covid vaccination due to shortage. Image Source: IANS News
Amaravati, Feb 2 : Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas said the state will begin the second phase of Coronavirus vaccination on Wednesday. Panchayati raj, municipal, revenue and sanitation workers will receive the vaccination jab, said Srinivas.
As many as 5.9 lakh names have already been registered on Covin app for the second phase of vaccination, even as 3,181 session sites have been readied.
Though 3.88 lakh frontline workers were supposed to be inoculated in the first phase, the minister said only about 1.9 lakh received the vaccine, at a rate of 49 per cent.
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Updated Feb 3, 2021, 12:26 am IST
So far, 5.90 lakh persons have registered for the vaccination via Co-WIN app while 3,181 session sites were ready to give the jabs
Health principal secretary Anil Kumar Singhal said they were having 16.31 lakh doses of the vaccine in the state. DC Image
Vijayawada: Deputy Chief Minister and health minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas announced here on Tuesday that the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination from Wednesday would see frontline workers from panchayat raj, municipal administration and revenue department getting the jab.
He told the media that so far, 5.90 lakh persons have registered for the vaccination via Co-WIN app while 3,181 session sites were ready to give the jabs. Referring to the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, the DyCM said though they had targeted 3,88,307 healthcare workers for the jabs, so far they could administer it to only 1,89,890. This showed a success rate of 48.90 per cen
CM directs officials to expedite development of medical colleges in AP
Updated Jan 29, 2021, 4:50 am IST
Jagan reviewed implementation of the YSR Arogya Sri scheme referral system
The officials informed the CM that the works for development of 10,011 YSR Village Health Clinics would be complete by the end of April and development of 1,133 PHCs including construction of 151 new ones and renovation of 982 old ones by October end. (DC Photo: Narayana Rao)
Vijayawada: Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed the officials to speed up development of old medical colleges, as also land acquisitions for new such colleges and other works being taken up by the government at an estimated cost of Rs 16,270 crore under the Nadu-Nadu programme.