State expecting 1 cr. COVID vaccine doses this month: CS
The Hindu
Somesh Kumar inaugurates mega vaccination drive
Telangana is expecting consignment of one crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the current month. The government had administered first dose of vaccine to 2.02 crore people till date and three to four lakh people were being given vaccine on a daily basis, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said.
The State has covered 2.8 crore people through a special vaccination drive, he added.
The Chief Secretary inaugurated a mega vaccination centre set up in association with Care India at Khajaguda sports complex on Tuesday morning. The centre is among the six set up by the government to cover the entire population in a time-bound manner. It will function from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and has special counters for women and the elderly. Adequate doses of Covaxin and Covishield are positioned in the centre.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists