PATNA: The Covid vaccination rate in the state has marginally increased from 40.5% on Monday to 44.7% on Tuesday. Altogether 37,139 beneficiaries were given the shots during the day against the targeted number of 82,995 healthcare workers.
With 37,139 beneficiaries vaccinated on Tuesday, the total number of people in the state inoculated to date went up to 2,21,523. The Covid vaccination drive has been held at altogether 4,043 centres across the state, including 677 sites on Tuesday.
The vaccination drive against the Covid-19 pandemic started in
Bihar along with the country on January 16 using two vaccines Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech.
Out of the 37,139 shots administered to the registered beneficiaries on Tuesday, 35,725 beneficiaries were administered the Covishield vaccine, while 1,414 beneficiaries got Covaxin. Also, of all those vaccinated so far, 82 beneficiaries have complained of adverse event following immunization (AEFI) such as pain, mild swelling, mild fever or nausea.
Altogether 60 railway doctors and paramedical staff of the railway central super speciality hospital at Karbigahiya here were also vaccinated on Tuesday. “Railway doctor Bimmi Kumari was the first to get the jab, while paramedical staff and frontline workers were among others, who got vaccinated shots on the first day,” said central super speciality hospital (CSSH) medical director
Dr R K Verma.
He added that the hospital has shortlisted 299 people to be vaccinated here. “CSSH has received adequate numbers of Covishield form the state health department. All sanitary staff at the hospital are also being vaccinated here,” Verma said.
Similarly, 100 people, including railway doctors, paramedical staff and frontline workers were vaccinated at the Danapur divisional railway hospital on Monday. “The vaccination process was carried out from 9 am to 6 pm at the hospital under the supervision of a team of senior railway doctors,” said Danapur railway hospital chief medical superintendent Dr Ranjeet Kumar.
He added that out of 100 people vaccinated at the railway hospital in Khagaul, 58 were male and 42 female. “While 12 railway doctors were vaccinated, 34 were nursing staff, 22 paramedical staff, 29 other staff belonged to support staff category in the hospital and three were ministerial staff of the hospital,” Dr Ranjeet said.