13L vaccine in stock, emphasis on faster Jab: Patel

Ahmedabad: Deputy Gujarat CM Nitin Patel on Monday received a second dose of Covid vaccines in the Civil Sola hospital.
On that occasion, Patel, who is also the Minister of Health, said that the state has 13 doses of the lakh vaccine in reserves.
Patel said that with the overall vaccination of 4 crore people in the state, Gujarat was in vaccination per million in India.
“I begged everything for the earliest vaccinated,” Patel said.
According to the State Health Department, 3.07 crore people have received the first dose and 98.74 lakh seconds, taking a total vaccination to 4.06 crore.
So far, 5.22 lakh in the category of health workers has received a dose, while 10.6 lakh in the frontline worker category has obtained both doses.
In the bracket aged 45-59 years, 72.13 lakh has got the second vaccine.
At present the 18-45 year age group has a maximum first dose at 1.51 crore while 10.77 lakh has received both doses.