Covid-19 vaccination drive in Gujarat on hold till May 19 in view of Cyclone Tauktae

On account of Cyclone Tauktae, there will be no Covid-19 vaccinations in Gujarat on May 17 and 18.

In view of Cyclone Tauktae, no Covid-19 vaccine doses will be administered in the state of Gujarat on May 17 and 18. The state’s vaccination drive is on hold till May 19. CycloneAlert for Gujarat & Diu coasts: VSCS Tauktae to cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar & Mahuva (Bhavnagar district) around 18thMay early morning. At 1130 hoursIST of today,it lay near 15.7°N/72.7°E, about 120 km west-northwest of Panjim-Goa,380 km south-southwest of Mumbai pic.twitter.com/s1P2Hkri9D Deemed a very severe cyclonic storm, Cyclone Tauktae over east central Arabian Sea is expected to intensify further in the next 24 hours and move north- northwestwards to reach the Gujarat coast on the evening of May 17. It is likely to cross the Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Mahuva (Bhavnagar district) in the early morning hours on May 18.