Covishield makes for lion’s share of vaccine doses in TS
The Hindu
Shots administered as per vaccine stock supplied to State, says senior official
Of the 1.19 crore COVID vaccine doses administered in Telangana so far, a whopping 80.13 % were of Covishield. In absolute numbers, a total of 1,19,92,231 doses have been given to beneficiaries and of those, 96.10 lakh doses were of Covishield, 23.28 lakh of Covaxin and 53,172 of Sputnik, which arrived in the State just a fortnight ago. Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao said the doses are administered as per the vaccine stock supplied to the State. According to the details on vaccine coverage in the State till July 7 as provided by senior Health officials, males constituted a majority of beneficiaries. As against 62.38 lakh males, 57.39 lakh females and 2,201 others have taken the jab thus far.More Related News