Day 2: Over 13,000 administered Covid vaccine in Andhra Pradesh

VISAKHAPATNAM: As many as 13,041 healthcare workers in the state were administered the Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday. The target on Sunday was 27,233 healthcare workers. It may be recalled that against the target of 31,570 healthcare workers, 19,108 turned up for vaccination on the first day of the drive on Saturday.
Officials of the health department said two cases of Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI), one each in Krishna and Nellore districts, were reported.Eight cases of AEFI, including five in Kurnool, were reported on the first day. Officials did not specify the nature of side-effects.
The vaccination programme was taken up in 308 locations across the state on Sunday with each session site supposed to cater to 100 beneficiaries per day. East Godavari district saw the highest turnout of 1,959 beneficiaries out of the targeted 3,400 while Krishna saw 485 against the target of 898.
Altogether, 480 healthcare workers were vaccinated at 14 session sites in Krishna district on Sunday. Officials said no side-effects were noticed on the second day of vaccination. Though officials set a target of vaccinating 3,000 healthcare workers per day, only 2,700 persons were vaccinated each day on the first two days.
District collector A Md Imtiaz inspected the vaccination drive at Machilipatnam government hospital and interacted with healthcare workers who were inoculated. He also enquired about the status of workers who took a dose of the vaccine on Saturday.