Ranchi: A total of 3,200 persons – translating to about 66.6% or two in three persons of the 4,800 picked to get inoculated against Covid-19 on the launch day of world s biggest vaccination exercise turned up at to receive the shot at 48 centres across all 24 districts (two centres in each district) in the state on Saturday. Sources in the state health department said the figure could be updated later.
Though department officials rejected the notion that many persons were hesitant to get vaccinated, healthcare workers on the ground conceded that not everyone listed for vaccination was at ease and a few tried to avoid receiving the shots on Day One. “We had to recuse those suffering with some illness or those pregnant or lactating,” said Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP)’s state head Dr Praveen Kumar Karn.
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government has decided to go ahead with the vaccination drive in Pakur as per protocol even if no new cases have been reported f.
RANCHI: Pakur became Jharkhand’s first Covid-free district since May 30, with the last of its 900 patients declared cured on Wednesday. While no new cases have been reported in the district along the Bengal border for more than a week, health experts said they expect the Covid-free status will not last long as some new cases are bound to be detected in the days to come. Sahebganj, which got its first Covid patient on May 30, was the last Covid free region in the state.
Pakur is the best performing district in the state as far as the caseload and the toll (two) is concerned. It also has the highest recovery rate in the state. While happy over being Covid-free for the time being, Pakur civil surgeon Ramdev Paswan said the challenge now is to maintain this status. “Though the virus is not under our control, we must aim at keeping the district free of any fresh infection till the time vaccines arrive with precaution and good hygiene practices,” he said.