A health worker takes the vaccine shot at Rims, Ranchi on Wednesday
RANCHI: At the current pace of the inoculation drive, it will take about 31 years for the last eligible person in Jharkhand to receive an anti-Covid vaccine. At present, the average rate of vaccination is 2,957 persons a day and the drive is supposed to be conducted four days a week. Considering around 1.96 crore people who are in the age and health bracket to receive the vaccine, it will take another 6,560 days for the drive to be complete. With the schedule of four days a week, it translates into 31 years.
Ranchi: The district administration here on Tuesday said it will conduct random raids at places that witness a high footfall in the city to ensure compliance of Covid norms such as wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing after people were found flouting the norms.
The initiative, which began a few months ago, was impacted during the vaccination drive due to preoccupation of officials, but will be resumed, said sources.
Although the daily number of cases has come down to around a half of what Ranchi was recording during the peak of the pandemic, the district administration does not want to let its guard down and ensure cases do not rise again.
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.
Zika threat in India: WHO report confirms 3 cases were detected in Ahmedabad in January, govt says no need to panic
Zika threat in India: WHO report confirms 3 cases were detected in Ahmedabad in January, govt says no need to panic
According To A World Health Organisation (WHO) Report, Three Laboratory-confirmed Cases Of The Zika Virus Disease Were Been Reported By The Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare In Bapunagar Area In Ahmedabad.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Nabanita Chakorborty | Updated on: 27 May 2017, 10:29:04 PM
New Delhi:
Three cases of Zika virus were reported in Ahmedabad in January this year, the A WHO report citing Union health ministry said on Saturday.