30,000 more health workers get COVID-19 vaccine shot in Bengal

Kolkata Over 30,000 frontline health workers have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Bengal on Friday, taking the whole quantity of people that acquired the jab to 84,505, a senior State Health Department official mentioned.

Out of the set goal of 35,100 for Friday, 30,517 obtained Covishield doses in 351 centres throughout the state in the course of the day.

Eleven circumstances of antagonistic occasion following immunization (AEFI), largely minor, have been reported, the official mentioned.

“All the AEFI cases reported so far are doing well.

The nurse who was admitted to the CCU of the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (in Kolkata on January 16) with AEFI was also discharged today,” the official mentioned.

The girl who misplaced consciousness minutes after taking the vaccine shot on the primary day of the inoculation drive apparently had a drug allergy although consultants are but to succeed in a conclusion on the rationale behind it.

The State Health Department in the course of the day obtained 1.13 lakh more doses of the vaccine.

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 toll in West Bengal rose to 10,097 with eight more fatalities which included three in Kolkata, the health division mentioned in a bulletin.

Out of the 8 deaths, six have been as a result of comorbidities the place COVID-19 was incidental.

The tally mounted to five,67,304 after 406 recent circumstances of an infection have been reported. Of the brand new circumstances, 115 have been registered in North 24 Parganas district.

The discharge fee improved to 97.08 per cent after 493 recoveries have been reported in the final 24 hours.

Till date, 5,50,737 individuals have recovered from the illness in the state.

Since Thursday, 28,171 samples have been examined for COVID-19 in the state taking the whole variety of such checks to 77,79,840, the bulletin mentioned.