Katihar: Alleged Covishield’s shortcomings as a result of irregular supplies have been regarding Covid vaccination drives in remote areas of the Katihar district.
On the other hand, inoculation of drives in the city continued, even after one or two gap.
The source in the district health department told this reporter on Monday, “Acute Covishield’s shortcomings have caused the closure of several immunization centers in remote areas.
Even though the city received a vaccine quota, a large number of people living in rural areas have not been inoculated.” Previously, As many as 25,000 vaccine doses are given to beneficiaries every day.
According to sources, this number has dipped with a lack of covishield.
“We did not get previous information about the supply of vaccines,” he thought.
District immunization officers, Dr.
D N Jha, claimed, “Overall 7,234 people were vaccinated on August 11 17,754 on August 12, and 4,715 on August 14.” He added, “Dandkhora, Changela and Blok Korha reached 33%, 39% and 27% of immunization coverage.”