JAIPUR: Amid
limited supply of Covid vaccines, Tika Utsav launched by the Centre from April 11 has been affected.
Though the
state government had to scale down vaccination drive due to limited supply of vaccines, it achieved milestone of vaccinating 1 crore doses to beneficiaries on Monday, the second state to achieve the mileston after Maharashtra. In the first two days of Tika Utsav, 3,12,300 vaccinations have been done.
Till Sunday evening, the number of vaccinations were 99,83,418 and it crossed the 1 crore mark on Monday afternoon. Till evening, the figure rose to 1,01,84,341. Health minister Raghu Sharma said from April 1, the state government has been vaccinating people above 45 years. He said people should get Covid jab when their turn came.
The
health department has organised more than 1.8 lakh sessions for beneficiaries. On Monday, vaccination sessions were organised at 3,559 government hospitals and 200 private hospitals across the state.
For distribution and safe storage of vaccines, there are 2,400 cold chain points, which is useful in storing vaccines.
According to health department officials, the state has received 1,12,07,360 doses from the Centre from the day of launch (January 16) till Monday. Out of those, 66,500 doses of vaccines have arrived in Udaipur, from where it will be distributed to nearby districts.
BOX:
Number of doses received by state from Centre: 1,12,07,360
Doses used till April 12: 1,01,84,341
Doses left: 3.5 lakh doses in stores
Doses wasted: 6.73 lakh
First dose vaccination: 89,69,140
Second dose vaccination:12,15,201
Healthcare workers who received first dose: 4,63,272
Healthcare workers who received second dose: 3,58,946
Frontline workers who received first dose: 4,82,483
Frontline workers who received second dose: 3,55,189
Above 45 people to 59 years who received first dose: 33,29,025
Above 45 people to 59 years who received second dose: 65,282
Above 60 who received first dose: 46,94,100
Above 60 who received second dose: 4,35,784