JAIPUR: As many as 67,591 healthcare workers received the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, taking the cumulative figure of health workers vaccinated from 93,525 to 1,61,116 in one day. The turnout percentage remained at 72%.
Vaccination was conducted at 995 centres across the state on Monday or double from Sunday’s 408 sites. The health department gave the drive a much-needed push by setting up more sites across the state while encouraging health workers to take the vaccine.
For Covaxin, the indigenous vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech, the number of sites providing the jab increased from 11 to 15 in the city. The rest have been reserved for the Covishield vaccine. A vaccination centre each for Covaxin has been set up at Amar Hospital, Neo Clinic, Dhanwantri Hospital and two sites at Narayana Hrudayalaya, Kanwatia Hospital, Shelby Hospital, Gangauri Hospital, and Dental College and Hospital, among others.
Ajmer reports highest turnout, Dausa lowest
The state had recently received 1.5 lakh doses of Covaxin. “We are taking measures to administer Covid vaccine at more sites. We have a target to administer vaccine to 4.5 lakh registered healthcare workers,” said a health department official.
While the beneficiary turnout for Covaxin was 57%, for Covishield, it was 72%. Ajmer reported the highest turnout at 114%, followed by Jodhpur (106%), Bundi (98%), Nagaur (91%) and Jhunjhunu (89%). The lowest was reported from Dausa (38%), Bikaner (48%) and Sriganganagar (50%).
The state also reported 16 more adverse events following immunisation from different parts. With this, the tally of such cases, consiting mostly of nausea, vomiting and anxiety complaints, reached 104.