Govt. preparing for increased vaccination from May 1

Belagavi facing multi-fold increase in logistics arrangements

With the Union government allowing all adults to get vaccinated from May 1, the State government is preparing to increase its capacity to store, deliver and administer vaccine doses. For large districts such as Belagavi, this means a 10-fold increase in logistics arrangements. When the Centre fixed the age limit for people to receive the vaccine at 60, the State government fixed a target of 4.4 lakh in the district. But if all adults are to be vaccinated, then the district administration will have to provide vaccine shots to 35 lakh people.