Thiruvananthapuram: The government has given permission to Kerala Medical Services Corporation Ltd (KMSCL) to get 20 doses of the Lakh Vaccine Covishield from the Indian Serum Institute (SII) for distribution through private hospitals.
Vaccine costs, which will arrive in two batches each of 10 lakh shots, will be charged from the hospital.
The government has promoted partnerships with private hospitals and MD KMSCls have been authorized as aggregators to facilitate the procurement of vaccines by private hospitals.
Agencies have interacted with hospitals and have assessed vaccine demand for August around 18.18 doses of lakh.
Then ask the government to provide Rs 126 Crore for advance payments to Serum Institute Life Science Private Limited.
Funds from the Minister of Chief Assistance (CMDRF) will be used for the procurement of vaccines.
CMDRF has so far received Rs 775.48 Crore through a donation from the public under the head of Covid-19.
Health Minister Veena George told that the country had received as many as 5, 11, 080 vaccine doses on Tuesday.
These include 2, 91, 080 doses of covishield and 2, 20, 000 doses of covaxin.
The dose has been received in Thiruvananthapuram (dose of 98,560 covishield and 74,500 covaxin doses), Ernakulam (1.14,590 covishield doses and 86,500 covaxin doses) and cozhikodes (77,930 doses of covishield and 59,000 covaxin doses).
A total of 95, 308 people had been given a vaccine on Tuesday at 411 government centers and 333 private centers.
Until now, the state has given the first dose vaccine to 44.88% of people and both doses of up to 18.35% of people.
The government has prepared a plan of three detailed branches to drive vaccination, under the supervision of district collectors who will coordinate with other departments and members of civil society.
Under the first campaign, everyone elderly 60 years and above who has not received the first dose will be borne before August 15.
Under the second drive, all patients with beds over 18 years will be identified and vaccinated, again on August 15.
The vaccination unit will be deployed.
In the third part of the campaign, depending on the availability of vaccines, vaccination for the remaining segments will be planned and carried out.
The focus is to reduce the number of people who are vulnerable to ensure the first dose for them, because the mortality rate is more among the people with comorbidity.