Around 8.5 lakh beneficiaries in Mysuru District to receive jab
Mandakalli Covid Care Centre opens
Mysore/Mysuru: The
Phase-4 vaccination drive for persons above 45 years has begun across the district this morning.
However, the response was yet to pick up as today was the first day of vaccination for this category of citizens.
There are 166 Government and 26 Private Vaccination Centres in the district. The vaccination in some Primary Health Centres (PHCs) was not happening today in view of vaccination of other vaccines for women and children under the State and Union Government schemes.
Dr. L. Ravi, District Reproduction and Child Health Officer (RCHO) and Nodal Officer for COVID-19 Vaccination in Government facilities, told SOM that the drive has started all over the district this morning and the vaccine doses was sent all periphery hospitals yesterday. Each PHC has been given 100 doses each.
A three-month-old infant lost his life within 10 hours of being administered with the Pentavalent vaccine at Lavagada Anganwadi Centre of Arjuwa Panchayat under Pertawar Police Station on Friday.
The baby was the only son of villager Girish Karmali, who with other locals alleged negligence on part of the sahiya and the ANM.
However, Civil Surgeon AK Pathak on Saturday brushed off the claims. “It is difficult to say that the baby died due to vaccination. As six other babies were administered the vaccine from the same vail on the day. They are fit and fine. We are probing into the matter,” he said.
Vaccination drive from Saturday as ‘Covishield’ reaches Kozhikode
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100 persons to be immunised every day at each of the 11 centres in district
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Covishield vaccine being taken to the regional vaccine store at Malaparamba in Kozhikode city on Wednesday.
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100 persons to be immunised every day at each of the 11 centres in district
As many as 1,19,500 doses of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, Pune, reached Kozhikode district on Wednesday.
According to the Health Department, they were despatched by a special vehicle from the Nedumbassery airport in the morning. They were taken to the regional vaccine store at Malaparamba in the city by 4 p.m. T. Mohandas, District Reproductive and Child Health Officer, received the vaccine.
Vaccine likely to be dispatched from Chennai on January 13 As many as twelve centres have been identified in the district to administer the vaccine for COVID-19 in the first phase of inoculation for all staff associated with healthcare facilities, anganwadi workers and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA).
Nine government hospitals and three private ones will administer the vaccine in the first phase. These are the Government Medical College Hospital, Ernakulam General Hospital, Piravom Taluk Hospital, Chengamanad Community Health Centre, Kuttampuzha Family Health Centre, Chellanam Primary Health Centre, Thammanam Urban Primary Health Centre, District Homoeopathic Hospital and District Ayurveda Hospital. Aster Medcity, Mar Baselios Medical Mission and MOSC Medical College are the private hospitals identified for the purpose. Private hospitals where more than 75 health workers have registered were selected.
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Two-hour-long drill conducted at three centres in Ernakulam
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The dry run for COVID-19 vaccination at Kinder Hospital in Kochi on Friday. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat
Two-hour-long drill conducted at three centres in Ernakulam
A dry run in anticipation of administering the vaccine for COVID-19 went off without a hitch at three centres in the district, health officials said.
The dry run was conducted at the Chengamanad community health centre, Angamaly taluk hospital, and Kinder Hospital. At each centre, 25 heath care workers, who have registered on the CoWIN (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network) platform were part of the two-hour long dry run.