COVID-19 | Ministers, elected representatives launch vaccination drive at various places
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The vaccination drive towards COVID-19 was launched throughout Telangana on Saturday by administering the primary dose to frontline well being staff, to begin with, marking the start of the attainable finish to the pandemic that has affected each stroll of life since its outbreak.
Ministers, different elected representatives and officers launched the drive in several elements of the State. In Hyderabad, Minister for Industries, IT and Municipal Administration K.T. Rama Rao mentioned folks, significantly these present process the inoculation within the first section, needn’t have any apprehensions, in any way, concerning the security and side-effects of the COVID vaccine.
All elected representatives have been able to get the vaccine, however following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestion they’d stepped again as there was a have to cowl the frontline warriors on precedence foundation. He hoped that the elected representatives would even have their flip quickly, Mr. Rama Rao mentioned after inaugurating the vaccination drive at Tilaknagar group well being centre.
A couple of well being officers, together with Director of Government Medical College at Mahabubnagar Putta Srinivas and District Medical and Health Officer of Kamareddy Chandrasekhar have been amongst those that volunteered to get the vaccine within the first section as a measure to construct confidence among the many frontline warriors.
According to the stories reaching right here, 3,962 out of the goal 4,296 well being staff have been inoculated on Saturday and extra well being staff could be given the primary dose of the vaccine on January 18. Speaking at totally different places, the Ministers appealed to folks to not imagine in misinformation being unfold concerning the vaccine on social media. They warned towards these spreading misinformation of significant motion.
Along with Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy and Health Minister Eatala Rajender launched the drive in Gandhi Hospital right here. Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Errabelli Dayakar Rao inaugurated the drive at MGM Hospital, Warangal. Later, he additionally launched the drive at Torrur in Mahabubabad district and Palakurthy in Jangaon district.
Besides, Ministers Satyavathi Rathod (Mahabubabad), A. Indrakaran Reddy (Nirmal), V. Prashanth Reddy (Nizamabad), G. Jagadish Reddy (Nalgonda), V. Srinivas Goud (Mahabubnagar), Vice-Chairman of State Planning Board B. Vinod Kumar, Government Chief Whip D. Vinay Bhaskar, a number of different elected representatives and officers launched the drive at totally different places.
Adverse response
In erstwhile Medak district, the vaccination programme was launched by Zilla Parishad chairperson V. Roja Sharma at Siddipet, Lok Sabha member K. Prabhakar Reddy at Sangareddy and MLA M. Padma Devender Reddy at Medak.
R. Sukanya, workers nurse, Urban Primary Health Centre at Indiranagar in Sangareddy district headquarters, was administered the primary vaccine within the presence of Collector M. Hanumantha Rao and District Medical and Health Officer Ramoji Rathod. Following hypertension and vomiting, she was shifted to authorities hospital and later discharged after her situation normalised.
In Khammam district, the vaccination drive received off to a clean begin at six centres and 4 centres in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district. Transport Minister P. Ajay Kumar launched the drive at district headquarters hospital in Khammam.
