Vaccine shortage puts dampener on ‘Tika Utsav’
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There was no let-up within the depth of coronavirus in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh, the place 405 individuals contracted the viral illness whereas two extra succumbed to it in a span of 24 hours. This included 190 instances in SPSR Nellore district and 215 in Prakasam district.
The toll rose to 1,110 within the area as one individual every in Nellore and Prakasam districts died as a result of pandemic, a well being bulletin launched by the State authorities mentioned on Sunday. As many as 99 sufferers, together with 38 in Prakasam district, had been discharged on restoration in the course of the interval.
Meanwhile, ‘Tikka Utsav’, a four-day vaccination pageant to inoculate as many individuals as attainable, turned out to be a low-key affair in SPSR Nellore and Prakasam districts because the well being authorities introduced they’d run out of shares.
“We have zero stocks now in the two districts,” mentioned the well being officers, apprehensive over the variety of energetic instances growing to 2,961 within the area, taking the cumulative COVID instances to 1,28,748. On the primary day of the ‘Tika Utsav’, Prakasam inoculated just a little over 1,000 individuals whereas Nellore’s figures should not but out there.
It could also be famous that as many as 5.41 lakh beneficiaries, together with 2.85 lakh in Nellore district, have been inoculated because the starting of the vaccination drive on January 16 within the area.
“Nellore is perhaps the first district in the country in using the entire vaccine stock fully,” Joint Collector(Health) N. Prabhkar Reddy advised The Puucho. The district administration had sought replenishment of six lakh doses of vaccine, mentioned Nellore District Medical and Health Officer S. Rajyalakshmi whereas taking inventory of the well being state of affairs within the district.
In Prakasam too, no matter little leftover shares the district administration had obtained exhausted on Sunday, District Medical and Health Officer P. Ratnavalli mentioned. “We are awaiting the stock to continue the drive,” she mentioned. As many as 2.56 lakh individuals have been vaccinated to date within the district, which had 1,221 energetic instances as on Sunday.
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