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Search Private hospitals told to stop vaccination, govt yet to launch phase 3 drive Stocks handed over to health department, those awaiting second dose worried The Hemant Soren government has asked many private healthcare facilities across Jharkhand to stop their vaccination drive against Covid-19, putting hundreds of beneficiaries awaiting their second jab in a fix. Owners of private hospitals in the state said on Sunday that the state government also asked them to hand over their vaccine stocks without offering any explanation for doing so. “We were asked to stop our vaccination drive in the last week of April, and by May 5, the government also asked us to surrender all the doses of vaccine we had in stock,” said Yogesh Gambhir, the owner of Ranchi-based Raj Hospital. ....
Representative image RANCHI: With the Union health ministry announcing the launch of registration for vaccination of people above 60 years and for those with co-morbid conditions between 45 and 59 years, Jharkhand is all set to give shots to 37 lakh people falling under this category from Monday. The state health department has identified 241 session sites that will be functional from Monday to cater to the beneficiaries. As per health department sources, a total of 8.4% or 32 lakh of the total population of Jharkhand is above 60 years and 13.4% or 50 lakh people are between 45 and 59 years. However, only around 10.4% or 5 lakh among this 50 lakh have comorbidities. So the overall population to be inoculated under the second phase of vaccination in the state is 37 lakh. ....