Thiruvananthapuram: The
vaccination against
Covid-19 for people
above 45 years of age will begin on Thursday in the state. The
Centre will be sending 9.5 lakh more
vaccines for the state.
The online registration of people above 45 years of age have begun at www.cowin.gov.in, and arrangements for those who want to register at the vaccination centres have been made too.
The state government has decided to complete the vaccination process within 45 days. For this, all district health administration has been asked to increase the number of vaccination centres.
The Centre will be providing 9,51,500 vaccines to the state. Of this, 4,40,500 vaccines will be given to the Thiruvananthapuram region and 5,11,000 will be given to the Ernakulam region. The Centre has agreed to provide another batch of vaccines for the Kozhikode region in the coming days.
So far, 35 lakh people in the state have taken Covid-19 vaccination. Among these, 4,84,411 healthcare workers have taken the first dose and 3,15,226 have taken the second dose. Among the frontline workers, 1,09,670 have taken the first dose and 69,230 have taken the second dose.
Among the people above 60 years of age and people living with comorbidities above 45 years of age, 21,88,287 people have taken the first dose vaccination in the state.