Very few registrations in Kurnool baffle officials
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Anantapur sees 1,000 enrolments a day
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Anantapur sees 1,000 enrolments a day
Three months ago those who waited with a bated breath for the then perceived life-saving vaccine for COVID-19 to arrive so that they could take a jab and stir out of the house without any restrictions, are in no mood to come to the numerous vaccination centres opened in Kurnool and Anantapur districts.
While 59 vaccination centres have been opened in Kurnool district in the private ‘Arogyasri network’ hospitals in addition to the 67 government health care facilities where vaccination had taken place in the first phase, those above 60 years of age and people with comorbidities above the age of 45 showed very little interest in either registering online on the COWIN or coming directly to the centre. The response has been only a trickle with just a couple of hundred people turning up against an expectation of people co
Less than 50% turn up for vaccination on second day
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None reported adverse effects in Kurnool district
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District Medical and Health Officer Y. Kameswar Prasad inspecting the PHC at Molakavemula in Anantapur district, which is one of the COVID-19 vaccination session site on Sunday.
None reported adverse effects in Kurnool district
The number of healthcare professionals and workers opting to get vaccinated for COVID-19 by taking a shot of Serum India’s Covishield in Kurnool and Anantapur districts dropped to a large extent on the second day of the massive exercise on Sunday.
According to Kurnool District Medical and Health Officer Rama Giddaiah, while they were given a target of 2,495 shots on day two, only 1,025 persons turned up at one of the 27 designated session sites in the district. On Saturday too, against a target of 2,700 only 1,425 persons took the vaccination shot. The district received 40,500 doses of the Covishield vaccin