State to get four crore vaccine doses in 45 days
The Hindu
Hebri Community Health Centre gets medical oxygen generation plant
The State will get four crore vaccine doses in the next one-and-half months, said Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar in Hebri of Udupi district on Wednesday. Talking to reporters after inaugurating a medical oxygen generation plant at the Hebri Community Health Centre, Dr. Sudhakar said that barring a few days of disruption in supply, the State, on an average, has been vaccinating three lakh people per day. A total of 2.6 crore people have been vaccinated in the State so far. The Union government will supply 1.5 crore vaccines in the next few days and a total of four crore vaccine doses will be available by the end of August, he said. The Minister lauded the efforts put in by health workers in Udupi district, which stood second in terms of vaccinating 45% of the population with first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Bengaluru tops with the highest number of people vaccinated with first dose.More Related News