2nd dose of COVID vaccine from Feb. 13
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The Telangana Health division will begin administering the second dose of COVID vaccine to Healthcare Workers (HCW) from (*13*) 13.
Two doses of the vaccine are to be given, as half of the immunisation, inside a niche of 28 days. This means, a beneficiary who took the primary dose, has to take the second dose of the vaccine by the identical firm after 28 days.
Senior officers have earlier mentioned that they’ve saved in reserve sufficient inventory to present the second dose of the vaccine in order that they don’t run out of it.
The COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched on January 16. Healthcare Workers (HCW) from the federal government sector got the primary precedence adopted by personal sector.
11,547 vaccinated
The Health division administered the vaccine to 11,547 beneficiaries on Thursday. While they focused 26,056 HCWs, solely 44.37% of the listed beneficiaries took the jab. Four circumstances of minor Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) have been reported. The drive for HCWs from personal hospitals will proceed on Friday too.
