Thiruvananthapuram: Head of Minister of Pinrayi Vijayan has urged the center to provide more vaccine doses to the state as a person who is due to the second dose in July is 25 lakh.
In a video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vijayan said the country desperately needed 60 doses of the lakh vaccine to provide the first dose for those with over 18 years.
He said because the country had not come out of the second wave, there was an urgent need for vaccine doses.
He said the country witnessed the spread of dangerous delta viruses during the second wave, and even this virus mutation was reported here.
The state has witnessed the 30% testing level of test, which has been brought to 10.4%.
It should be noted that the second wave has reached the last Kerala in this country.
But still, we can drop TPR to 10%, said Vijayan.
The state has succeeded in reducing cases and prevents viruses to spread when compared to the second wave that hit other countries.
The state can achieve this with an increase in testing and with contact search.
Timely insulation from positive patients also helps prevent the spread.
Visitors stand at the point of entry into the path in Fort Kochi Beach on Friday, which remains closed.
Many people start visiting Kochi fortress with the limitation of Easedtill’s date locking, the state can provide the first dose vaccination to 1.17 crore people and 44.18 lakh people vaccinated the second dose.
The state also provides priority in patients in bed, people in old houses, transgender, etc.
The state has also created a note to maintain zero waste in vaccination, he said.
Therefore the center must provide more doses to vaccinate them above the earliest 18 years.
Now, there are reports about the third wave.
Therefore the state wants to achieve as many vaccinations as possible where we need central support, Vijayan tells Modi.