500 health workers give second vaccine dose a miss

Hyderabad: With the second round of vaccination for healthcare workers beginning in the state on Saturday, a total of 4,307 beneficiaries were vaccinated. These included 3,196 healthcare workers who took the second dose of the vaccine and 1,111 frontline workers who took the first dose on Saturday. Among the healthcare workers who took the second dose were superintendents and senior doctors from various hospitals.
Nearly 500 healthcare workers who were scheduled to take the second dose gave the jab a miss, although they will be allotted another date to take the second dose.In total, 85% of healthcare workers targeted for vaccination were administered the second dose. Both the vaccines currently being given in the state, including Covishield and Covaxin, given in two doses. These vaccines are effective only when both the doses are given.
So far, a total of 2,78,936 beneficiaries from both the categories of healthcare workers and front line workers have been given the first dose. They together account for nearly 50% of the target set for vaccination. No cases of either serious or minor side effects known as adverse events following immunization (AEFI) were reported on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a total of 27,259 Covid-19 samples were tested, taking the total count of samples tested so far in the state since the onset of the pandemic to 82.7 lakh now. Telangana has now reached the 2.22 lakh sample testing per million population.
Except Nirmal, Narayanpet, Suryapet and Mahabubnagar, all remaining districts in the state recorded new Covid-19 cases.