Rajasthan: Vaccination to gather pace today as centres get 7 lakh doses

JAIPUR: Anukriti Sharma (28) went to a vaccination centre situated at Jhotwara for the third consecutive day to get her first dose and after a long wait she was told that no vaccines were available.
Similar scenes were witnessed at various vaccination centres as the state health department was left with a very less quantity of vaccines on Friday across the state. In its daily report the health department stated that 58,382 people of various categories got the vaccine on Friday out of which 42,750 got the first dose, while 15,632 got the second dose.
The authorities however asserted that on Saturday the vaccination will gain momentum as at least 7 lakh doses have been sent to centres across the state.
As the health department got nearly 2 lakh more doses in the afternoon, they were left with a stock of nearly 7 lakh doses. “Hopefully on Saturday, we will have good vaccination as this stock of 7 lakh doses will reach across the state by early Saturday,” said Raghuraj Singh, nodal officer, vaccination told TOI.
“If they are getting 5 lakh doses on a particular day they consume the whole the next day is their policy so far. They are more interested in making records and creating hype but they should also take the responsibility when we are asked to return due to lack of doses,” said Digvijay Bhandari who was seen at a vaccination centre at Malviya Nagar and was keen to get his second dose of Covaxin.