Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District Health Office officials on Thursday said they were out of stock vaccine Covid-19.
Dr.
BV Rajesh, Reproduction of Child Health (RCH) Officer, told Toi, the district had run out of all doses available on Thursday.
“We hope to receive 15,400 covishield doses on Saturday.
We also expect Covaxin stocks in one or two days,” Dr.
Rajesh said.
Dr.
Sujay Bhandary, Mangaluru Taluk’s health worker, said that Mangalore received an average of 80,000 vaccine doses per week, it only received 40,000 doses in the past week and all the doses expired on Thursday.
“Initially, the supply was synchronized with demand and encouragement to invest in health workers and frontline workers went very smoothly,” Dr.
Bhandary said.
“The drive was then expanded to include all over 45 years and a priority group at the age of 18-44 years.
The group.
While the supply is reduced from 80,000 doses of up to 40,000 doses per week, this week we receive fewer doses.
We have nearly 13,000 people, who had completed 28 days after taking the first dose of Covaxin.
However, the stock of Covaxin Taluk as on Thursday is zero.
Likewise, we do not have stock covishield too.
“Many people at the Government Hospital, including Wenlock Hospital must go home without receiving the Jab on Thursday.
In Dakshina Kannada District, 8.9 lakh has received the first dose and 2.7 lakh has taken the second dose so far.
Cases continued to make risems while, the Covid-19 case continued to rise in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi.
While 396 fresh cases and eight deaths were reported in Dakshina Kannada on Thursday, Udupi recorded 174 cases and one death.