This story is from April 13, 2021

Bihar: 11,000 get Covid vaccine shots in Katihar in two days

More than 11,000 people have received Covid vaccine shots at 72 sites in the district as part of ‘tika utsav’ in the last two days. The countrywide ‘tika utsav’, aimed at motivating maximum number of eligible people to take vaccine shots, was launched on Sunday.
Bihar: 11,000 get Covid vaccine shots in Katihar in two days
A woman being vaccinated in Patna
KATIHAR: More than 11,000 people have received Covid vaccine shots at 72 sites in the district as part of ‘tika utsav’ in the last two days. The countrywide ‘tika utsav’, aimed at motivating maximum number of eligible people to take vaccine shots, was launched on Sunday.
Katihar DM Udayan Mishra, who visited a vaccination site at Town Hall here, said the drive was carried out with the help of local unit of Indian Red Cross Society.

“As there was lack of space at sadar hospital due to the ongoing construction works, we shifted the vaccination site to the adjacent Rain Basera, which has ample space,” the DM added.
District immunisation officer Dr D N Jha said 2,673 people were vaccinated on Saturday, 6,060 on Sunday and around 5,000 on Monday. He added passengers reaching the district from Maharashtra were being screened and tested at Katihar railway station. “Three such passengers had tested positive for the virus on Saturday. However, of the 302 people who reached the district from Maharashtra by two special trains on Sunday, none tested positive,” he added.
Dr Jha said isolation centres have been activated at different places in the district as people have started returning home from different parts of the country. “The occupancy at these centres, however, is nil. Those found Covid positive at the railway station are being asked to remain in home isolation. We remain in touch with them,” he added.
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