Enthusiastic response to vaccination drive in Ernakulam
The Hindu
Over five lakh doses administered in district so far
The district has, so far, witnessed an enthusiastic response to the COVID-19 vaccination drive, with over five lakh doses having been administered. On Saturday, as many as 136 centres had vaccination sites. A final count of the number of doses administered on Saturday was not yet available. “Approximately 5,60,000 doses have been administered in the district so far,” said Dr. M.G. Sivadas, Reproductive and Child Health Officer and nodal officer for immunisation. On Friday, 29,375 doses of the vaccine were administered in Ernakulam. The number of centres stood at 180 on Friday. Dr. Sivadas said the district had sufficient doses of the vaccine to last till Tuesday. Fresh supply is expected on April 15. Going by the Health Department’s vaccination bulletin, the district had 73,030 doses available at the end of the day on Friday. Of this, 7,410 doses are Covaxin and 65,620 are Covishield.More Related News