Ranchi: The state is set to receive more than 17.5 doses of lakh in the next 15 days, which will be delivered in seven portions.
This happens after the State Health Department urges the center to allocate more doses for Jharkhand because it hardly has a vaccine.
Speaking with Toi, Additional Secretary (Health) Chief Arun Kumar Singh said: “I have followed up with the Secretary of the United Health every day because we face a scarcity of vaccines.
I also convinced them that Jharkhand had planned and distributed vaccines to all districts according to the priority and request of the district Each of which leads to its effective coverage with available doses.
I am grateful that our daily persuasion with the center has paid off and we will now be able to vaccinate around one lakh every day.
“According to the vaccine delivery schedule, Jharkhand will receive 17.89,140 doses Between July 13 and August 4, where 14,66,300 covishield bottles and 3.22,840 covaxin.
On Tuesday, the state received 40,000 doses of covaxin.
According to the source of the Ministry of Health, the state is now planning to increase the average vaccination coverage every day and a senior official said, “As soon as we receive a covaxin dose, we direct all districts to write their plans to increase their vaccination coverage and also ask them to ensure that session site is ready to vaccinate the maximum number of beneficiaries.
Previously, say, if we are left with 40,000 doses, we only use 20,000 doses on one day and the rest the next day.
But now we plan to bring it to about one dose lakh per day until July 31 because we have more than 17 lakh vaccines to be given in the next two weeks.
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