Kalaburagi: The clinics of 43 fake health practitioners in rural Kalaburagi claiming themselves as RMP doctors were shut down after health department .
COVID-19: Second phase rolls out in Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi , Feb 8 (UNI) The second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive was rolled out in Kalaburagi on Monday with Deputy Commissioner V V Jyothsna receiving the first shot at Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) hospital. I decided to take the Covishield vaccine as a first beneficiary to instill confidence among the healthcare and frontline workers. The chances of side effects are minimum and the vaccine will prevent the attack of coronavirus, Jyothsana said after getting vaccinated.
Dr Rajashekhar Mali, district health officer of Kalaburagi,said that it has been proposed to vaccinate 8510 frontline workers in the district by organising 21 sessions in 23 places within three days. This includes 3119 employees of Revenue and Panchayat Raj and Rural Development department, 3772 police personnel and 1544 employees of urban civic bodies.
29500 doses of Covishield vaccine reaches Karnataka s Kalaburagi
Official sources said that 8 centres have been chosen in Kalaburagi district, 6 centres at Bidar, 6 centres at Raichur and 5 centres at Yadgir district for first day of vaccination drive.
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Kalaburagi DHO Dr Rajashekhar Mali and RCHO Dr Mankar carry boxes of Covishield vaccine doses. (File photo| EPS)
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KALABURAGI: 29500 doses of Covishield vaccine (of 0.5 ml each) produced by Pune (Maharashtra) based Serum institute of India (SII) have reached Kalaburagi from Bengaluru on Thursday at 11 am amid police protection.
Kalaburagi DHO Dr. Rajashekhar Mali, RCHO Dr Mankar and staff of the DHO office were present in the old DHO office where at cold storage lab is presently existing to receive the container carrying Covishield vaccine by offering Puja.