No shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in Karnataka, claims Health Minister K. Sudhakar
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On June 28, Mysuru District Health Officer K.H. Prasad revealed that the district had run out of vaccine
Health Minister K. Sudhakar has denied that there’s a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in Karnataka.
Speaking to reporters after a evaluate assembly with officers of the Health and Family Welfare Department in Mysuru on Tuesday, Dr. Sudhakar stated Karnataka has been administering 3 to five lakh doses of vaccine on daily basis. “We have never run dry of vaccine stock,” he claimed.
“We are administering about 2.5 to 3 lakh doses today (Tuesday). We will administer vaccines tomorrow also,” he stated whereas claiming that Karnataka has about 5 lakh doses of vaccine in inventory.
He had earlier in the day spoken to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, who had assured him of despatching recent inventory of vaccines on Wednesday. As and when vaccines are delivered, the Union authorities was distributing the identical to the States, he stated.
Dr. Sudhakar claimed that no different State has administered as many vaccines as Karnataka had in south India. Karnataka was positioned in the ‘fourth of fifth position’ in the complete nation, he stated.
The Health Minister’s denial of any shortage of vaccines in Karnataka got here amidst suspension of the vaccination programme in authorities hospitals and first well being centres (PHCs) in Mysuru for the third consecutive day on Tuesday.
Mysuru’s District Health Officer (DHO) K.H. Prasad had on Monday admitted that the vaccine inventory in the district had been exhausted. He had appealed to most people to co-operate with the district administration and go to vaccination centres solely after they obtain recent provides.
Referring to the non-availability of vaccines in Mysuru, Dr. Sudhakar informed reporters that the matter had been dropped at his discover, and he assured needed steps.
It could also be identified that Dr. Sudhakar had cautioned Dr. Prasad in opposition to sharing info pertaining to vaccines to mediapersons. Soon after officers of the Health and Family Welfare Department in Mysuru gathered for the evaluate assembly in the Mysuru Zilla Panchayat premises, Dr. Sudhakar informed Dr. Prasad that, henceforth, the Deputy Commissioner will share needed info on vaccines and he ought to chorus from chatting with mediapersons about vaccines.
COVID-19 hotspots
Dr. Sudhakar stated 40 COVID-19 hotspots had been recognized in Karnataka – 20 every in city and rural areas.
Mysuru district had 5 such COVID-19 hotspots, that are in Periyapatna, Bannur, Hanagodu, Seehalli and Aspatrekaval. The Deputy Commissioner had been requested to transform the hotspots into containment zones, he stated.
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