Good response to vaccination drive in South Coastal Andhra
Senior citizens and people aged above 45 with co-morbidities turned up in large numbers to the session sites set up across South Coastal Andhra Pradesh on Monday.
A 83-year-old man was among the 616 persons aged above 60 who took the jab at the Padurupalli Urban Health Centre in the city.
SPSR Nellore District Collector K.V.N.Chakradhar Babu oversaw the massive inoculation exercise and urged people in the the targeted age group to walk in to any of the session sites set up across the district including private hospitals.
As many as 1,429 persons, including health care workers, frontline workers took the jab till late on Monday, said Nellore District Medical and Health Officer S. Rajyalakshmi. A majority of the beneficiaries had made spot registration. As many as 209 persons took the second dose on Monday.
2020 leaves behind bitter COVID memories
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578 persons succumbed to the dreaded virus in Prakasam district this year so far
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Prakasam District Medical and Health Officer P. Ratnavalli takes stock of COVID-19 situation at Gundupalli in Prakasam district.
578 persons succumbed to the dreaded virus in Prakasam district this year so far
The Year 2020 posed a big challenge for the authorities in combating the dreaded COVID-19 after a U.K. returnee tested positive for the viral disease in March. Then came the big surge of new cases when a group of infected persons returned from New Delhi after attending a religious congregation in April.
Prakasam gears up for rollout of vaccination programme
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Nurses getting trained; five each selected from all villages to get the shot
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Nurses getting trained; five each selected from all villages to get the shot
The health officials in Prakasam district geared up for rolling out the vaccination programme and five persons each were selected for vaccination from each of the villages. The medical staff members at the grassroots level were being trained to administer the shots, said Prakasam District Medical and Health Officer P.Ratnavalli, while overseeing the preparation of an action plan to roll it out as and when the State Government gives the green signal.