First consignment of vaccines reaches West Bengal
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The first consignment of Covishield vaccines arrived in Kolkata on Tuesday. The Home Department tweeted, “First consignment of 6.89 lakh Covishield vaccines shall be arriving today in our state at 2:30 PM by a special cargo flight of Spicejet at Kolkata airport.”
The vaccination within the first section for frontline medical workers will begin from January 16. The State’s Home Department additionally added that these “vaccines shall be stored at our Central Vaccines Store at Baghbazar and will be then transported to different districts for vaccination of Health Care Workers as per priority”.
COVID-19 deaths
Meanwhile, the State added 751 COVID-19 infections previously 24 hours taking the entire instances to five,62,072. Only Kolkata and North 24 Parganas have recorded greater than 200 new instances previously 24 hours.
The State recorded 18 deaths previously 24 hours taking the entire quantity of fatalities to 9,975 . Of the entire deaths within the State about 83.9% (8369) deceased had co-morbidities. The discharge fee within the State improved to 96.91% and the quantity of energetic instances stands at 7,392. The State is testing about 35,000 samples a day and the case positivity ratio stays at 7.5 %.
Ganga Sagar mela
Meanwhile, the State has made elaborate preparations for the annual Ganga Sagar pilgrimage, which will get lakhs of guests. The Calcutta High Court had final week identified that the administration ought to guarantee widespread publicity informing the pilgrims that they need to steer clear of Ganga waters. The pilgrimage is noticed on the Sagar island within the Sunderbans archipelago on the confluence of river Ganga and the ocean. Pilgrims from all around the nation take a dip on the confluence of the river and the ocean on Makar Sankranti.
The West Bengal authorities has opened a management room for Ganga Sagar mela on the State secretariat) which might be practical around the clock.
An isolation facility for pilgrims testing constructive for COVID-19 has additionally been arrange. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has mentioned that every one pilgrims and personnel of the State authorities might be offered an insurance coverage cowl of ₹5 lakh from January 12 to January 17.
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