Over 15 lakh healthcare workers vaccinated, only 0.0007% hospitalisations so far: Govt
A health worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a hospital staff at a government Hospital in Jammu
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After eight days of Covid-19 vaccination drive, more than 15 lakh healthcare workers have been vaccinated across the country, said government on Saturday. The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID19 has crossed 15 lakh today. A total of 15,37,190 beneficiaries (till 6 pm today) vaccinated through 27,776 sessions, as per the provisional report. 3,368 sessions were held till 6 pm today. 1,46,598 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6 pm today, the eighth day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a statement.
WORK is underway to transform a South Lakeland shopping centre into a mass Covid-19 vaccination site. Pictures show the Westmorland Shopping Centre in Kendal being prepared to open as a mass vaccination centre, with shop units displaying the NHS logo and windows boarded up. Jane Scattergood, Covid-19 vaccination director for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System, confirmed a large-scale site would be opening in Kendal in the coming weeks. She said: “As the expansion of the Covid vaccination programme continues to gather pace, we are planning to open a large-scale site in Kendal in the coming weeks. “GPs, nurses, pharmacists, other staff, and volunteers are working hard behind the scenes to get the site ready. As with other vaccination services, people should wait to be invited by the NHS.