Telangana gears up to inoculate 80 lakh people in first phase once COVID-19 vaccine ready
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Last Updated: Dec 16, 2020, 05:45 PM IST
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Vaccination will be done at all government health facilities such as primary health centres, district hospitals and teaching facilities. When contacted, state Principal Health, Medical and Family Welfare Secretary Syed Ali Murtuza Rizvi said they were following the Centres guidelines for the vaccination programme.
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Hyderabad: Telangana is in the process of creating the required infrastructure for administering COVID- 19 vaccine initially to about 80 lakh people, including front-line warriors,once the preventive medicine is available for the state, official sources said on Wednesday. Training programmes for almost 10,000 vaccinators were underway and storage facilities for the doses being set up at strategic locations.
Telangana: 80 lakh to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in first phase
Training programmes for almost 10,000 vaccinators were underway and storage facilities for the doses being set up at strategic locations.
By Mansoor| Published: 16th December 2020 5:56 pm IST
Hyderabad: Telangana is in the process of creating the required infrastructure for administering COVID- 19 vaccine initially to about 80 lakh people, including front-line warriors,once the preventive medicine is available for the state, official sources said on Wednesday.
Training programmes for almost 10,000 vaccinators were underway and storage facilities for the doses being set up at strategic locations.
“Even if one vaccinator administers 100 people a day, on an average 10,000 vaccinators can vaccinate 80 lakh people in eight or ten days, a Health department official told PTI.