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The state government has already issued detailed guidelines for the vaccination of this age group and released the list of comorbidities to determine the eligibility, they said.
Agencies
A total of 1,90,745 people, belonging to the age group of 18-44 years, have registered in the last two days for vaccination in the state, Health department sources added.
Amid COVID-19 cases continuing to show an upward trend in the state, vaccination for the prioritised groups in the 18-44 years age category began in Kerala on Monday with over 1.90 lakh people registering in the last two days to get the first dose.
COVID-19 vaccination: Kerala to launch global tender for procuring 3 crore doses
Chief Minister Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the state has initiated steps to call for a global tender for sourcing the vaccine doses
PTI | May 17, 2021 | Updated 21:44 IST
Chief Minister Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
Amid shortage of vaccine to fight COVID-19, the Kerala government on Monday announced a global tender for procuring three crore vaccine doses. Chief Minister Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the state has initiated steps to call for a global tender for sourcing the vaccine doses. The tender notification will be issued today, he told reporters here.
Vijayan said the vaccination of those in the 18-44 age group has started in the state.
Coronavirus: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said the state needs at least 50 lakh vaccine doses
Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala s COVID-19 vaccine stock will last only three more days and the state needs at least 50 lakh doses, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said in a letter to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
The letter by the Kerala Chief Minister comes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. Reports of hospitals in other states asking for more vaccine doses are becoming common as the lines of waiting people grow longer. Kerala is witnessing a rise in the number of Covid cases at present, Mr Vijayan wrote in the letter. The stock (of vaccine) which is left with us is sufficient for conducting vaccination for the next three days only. This shortage of vaccine has been brought to the notice of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. We are yet to get any additional supply of Covid vaccine, the Chief Minister wrote.
Covid vaccination Highlights Jan 19: India approves supply of vaccines to 6 countries
21:29 PM IST: A consignment containing 100,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine Covishield will reach Male on January 20. With this, the Maldives, along with Bhutan, has become the first recipient of the Government of India s gift of Covid-19 vaccines, manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII).
(Inputs from Geeta Mohan)
20:54 PM IST: Covid-19 vaccines were administered in all 33 districts on Telangana on Tuesday. Data released by the state government s health department said 51,997 recipients received the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday during 894 sessions as against the target of 73,673. This puts the percentage of beneficiaries vaccinated today against the planned target at 71 per cent.