12,351 more get vaccine shots in Bihar

PATNA: Just 51.6% of the registered beneficiaries took Covid vaccine shots in the state on Saturday. Of the 23,919 people who had registered for the day, just 12,351 turned up at the designated centres. Also, no case of ‘adverse events following immunization (AEFI)’ was reported on Saturday.
The overall turnout for the state remains low even though a new methodology was implemented on Saturday and the state had been divided into two units for vaccination.Now vaccination is being done only in 19 districts on a particular day and in 19 other districts on other days. However, the number of centres for the vaccination has been doubled. On Saturday, the drive was carried out at 272 sites in the districts falling in Patna, Purnia, Saran and Tirhut divisions.
State health department special secretary Manoj Kumar said some districts are performing poorly as far as vaccination is concerned.
According to the health department, of 23,919 people who were vaccinated in 19 districts on Saturday, 11,529 got Covishield and 438 Covaxin. The cumulative data for the five days shows that 75,978 health care workers have been vaccinated so far. Of them, 74,223 have got Covishield and 1,755 Covaxin. Though no case of AEFI was reported on Saturday, the cumulative data for five days shows 69 such cases.